“An American C-130 plane carrying a cargo of hi-tech telecommunications equipment and devices and 57 retired US officers landed in Turkey’s Hatay province this morning,” an informed source, who asked to remain unnamed for the sensitivity of his information, told FNA on Sunday.
“The US officers crossed the border with Syria via Reyhanli (in Hatay province) and their goal is to take charge of the central command of all military activities of armed rebels in Syria,” added the source.
He mentioned that the military cargo, containing the telecommunications equipment, left Reyhanli for the border crossing after the US officers arrived at their destination in Northern Syria.
Earlier this month, a report said that the US spy agency was gearing up to send weapons to insurgent groups in Syria through secret bases in Turkey and Jordan.
"The bases are expected to begin conveying shipments of weapons and ammunition within weeks," the US daily, The Washington Post, reported Saturday, quoting unnamed American officials as saying.
"We have relationships today in Syria that we didn't have six months ago," US President Barack Obama's deputy national security adviser Benjamin J. Rhodes said during a White House briefing.
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