[01:08.35]James Reynolds reports.
[01:10.09]Initial reports say that a number of Syrian soldiers escaped into northern Iraq following heavy fighting against rebels in their own country.
[01:18.76]One report suggests that Iraqi officials took the soldiers further south
[01:22.87]and arranged for them to cross from the Sunni-majority Anbar province back into Syria.
[01:28.02]But reports say that the soldiers’ convoy was ambushed before it crossed the border.
[01:33.09]The identity of the assailants is not yet clear.
[01:36.91]Some Sunni Muslims in Iraq sympathise with the Sunni rebels in Syria, who are fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
[01:44.40]Separately, Syrian opposition activists say rebel fighters have driven government forces out of most parts of the northern city of Raqqa.
[01:51.63]They say cheering people have torn down a bronze statue of the late father of the Syrian President Bashar Assad, which stood in the city.
[01:58.88]The reports haven’t been verified and BBC correspondent says Syrian rebels often struggle to hold onto territory they’ve taken.
[02:06.04]Opposition fighters already control parts of Damascus, Aleppo and Homs.
[02:10.69]The upper house of the Czech parliament has voted to charge President Vaclav Klaus with high treason
[02:16.32]over his controversial decision to pardon several thousand prisoners.