Iraqi officials say at least 40 Syrians and seven Iraqis have been killed in an ambush by gunmen in the Iraqi province of Anbar. The convoy was attacked with mortar rounds and automatic weapons. James Reynolds reports.
伊拉克官员表示,伊拉克省份安巴尔发生持枪分子伏击事件,至少40名叙利亚人和7名伊拉克人死亡。车队遭遇迫击炮和自动武器袭击。James Reynolds报道。
Initial reports say that a number of Syrian soldiers escaped into northern Iraq following heavy fighting against rebels in their own country. One report suggests that Iraqi officials took the soldiers further south and arranged for them to cross from the Sunni-majority Anbar province back into Syria. But reports say that the soldiers’ convoy was ambushed before it crossed the border. The identity of the assailants is not yet clear. Some Sunni Muslims in Iraq sympathise with the Sunni rebels in Syria, who are fighting against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
最初的一些报道称,一些叙利亚士兵在本国境内与叛军进行激战后逃入伊拉克北部。一份报道暗示,伊拉克官员将这些士兵向南运送,安排他们穿越逊尼派占大多数的安巴尔省,希望重新回到叙利亚。但是报道称,这些士兵的车队在穿越边境之前就遭遇伏击。目前还不清楚袭击者的身份。伊拉克一些逊尼派穆斯林同情叙利亚逊尼派叛军,因为他们正在对抗阿萨德政府。