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Iraq takes in 'hundreds' of fleeing Syrian troops: Security sources tell AFP

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2024-12-07 | 08:54

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Iraq takes in 'hundreds' of fleeing Syrian troops: Security sources tell AFP

Iraq has allowed in hundreds of troops from the Syrian army, some of them wounded, amid a lightning offensive by Islamist-led rebels, two Iraqi security sources told AFP on Saturday.

The soldiers from President Bashar al-Assad's forces "have fled the front lines" and entered Iraq through the Al-Qaim border crossing, said one senior security official, adding that "the wounded have been hospitalized" in the area.

A second source gave a figure of 2,000 soldiers, including officers, who entered Iraq with the authorities' permission.

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