Baghdad (CNN) -- Some 48 Syrians, most of them soldiers, and nine Iraqi soldiers were killed Monday in an attack near the western Iraqi town of Ar Rutbah, an official said, raising concerns that Syria's civil war could spill over into Iraq.
The Syrian soldiers' convoy was ambushed by gunmen using roadside bombs and machine guns.
"From the beginning, we have warned that some militant groups want to move the conflict in Syria to Iraq," said Ali al-Mussawi, adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
"Militant groups are very
active on the border areas between Iraq and Syria. Some of these groups
affiliate with al Qaeda in Iraq," he added.
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