Dozens of Syrian soldiers were killed when militia attacked an Iraqi convoy transporting Syrian military personnel, according to a local correspondent from Al-Arabiya Pan-Arab TV.
Also on Monday, government forces lost their first provincial capital as rebels seized the city of Ar-Raqqah, the capital of the Ar-Raqqah Governorate in northen Syria, Al-Arabiya reported.
According to the Observatory for the Human Rights, dozen of rebels and loyalist soldiers died in battle. (ANSAmed).









