A United States intelligence official told Fox News Wednesday Cuban special military forces have been spotted on the ground in Syria.
The source, speaking under the condition of anonymity, confirmed intelligence reports claiming two Russian planes landed at the Damascus airport and unloaded Cuban troops. Additionally, the reports state that Gen. Leopoldo Cintra Frias — the head of Cuba’s Armed Forces — and his personal detail recently visited and counseled his forces on how to combat with U.S. backed rebels.
Though the Obama administration has expressed a desire to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba, Jaime Suchlicki — executive director of the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies — noted that Russia has “been training the Cubans for years and supplying them with all sorts of military equipment.”
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