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A Chinese naval expert has denied reports that the People's Liberation Army is sending a team of "military advisers" to Syria to assist in the fight against the the Islamic State jihadist terror group.
Over the weekend, several media outlets have picked up a report from the Lebanon-based news website Al-Masdar, which cited a Syrian army official as stating that a Chinese naval vessel is on its way to Syria with dozens of military advisers on board.
"The Chinese will be arriving in the coming weeks," the unnamed official is quoted as saying, adding that the military advisers will later be followed by troops.
The report claims that the ship has passed the Suez Canal in Egypt and is making its way through the Mediterranean Sea. Once they arrive in Syria the Chinese advisers will be joining Russian personnel in the Syrian port city of Latakia, the report added.
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