Cuban Foreign Ministry Denies Alleged Presence of Troops in Syria

The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Sunday denied stories about an alleged presence of Cuban troops in Syria, the website cubaminrex.cu reported.

A public statement from the director general of Bilateral Affairs of the Cuban Foreign Ministry, Gerardo Peñalver, denies and refutes categorically irresponsible and baseless stories on the alleged presence of Cuban troops in the Arab Republic of Syria, which some media organizations have echoed, the press release says.