A senior official in Havana “categorically” rejected a claim by Fox News that Cuban troops were in Syria to support the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Citing an unnamed U.S. official as source, the right-wing U.S. media outlet said Wednesday that up to 300 Cuban soldiers were sent to Syria. On Saturday Gerardo Penalver Portal, the head of bilateral affairs at Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Cuba “refutes and categorically denies the irresponsible and unfounded information on the alleged presence of Cuban troops in Syria, which some media have echoed.”