Security sources: Qatar continues funding terrorism in Syria

2 September 2017: Security sources in the Syrian opposition revealed on Friday to an Emirati news website that Qatar continues to fund terrorism in Syria through charitable organizations.

Al Bayan, an Emirati news website, pointed out that Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and elements belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood have received $10 million from the Qatari regime as support for terrorists in Syria.

The website added that two terrorist organizations exploited the poor and needy as a cover to pass funding to the terrorist groups, although not as much as previously.
"No doubt that terrorist groups in Syria, like Al Nosra Front, the Brotherhood and al-Sham Ahrar, have been badly affected by the Arab quartets boycott of Qatar," said sources, according to the website.


Cover for terrorism

Turkish writer Abdullah Bozkurt revealed that Qatari charitable organizations were active in Turkey and funded organizations with money, weapons and logistics in Syria and Libya since 2012.


Al Qaeda cell

Bozkurt said that these non-governmental organizations are used to channel funds to terrorists, as the Turkish police have arrested elements working for Al Qaeda and using ambulances in order to smuggle supplies to Syria. He added that Qatari organizations worked in Turkey to fund groups in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Indonesia, Thailand and other countries.

On Monday, June 5, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain decided to cut all diplomatic ties with Qatar due to its “continuous support for terrorism,” closing their airspace and seaports to Qatari transportation.

On Tuesday, June 6, Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad started a tour that included Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar in an attempt to mediate between the three countries.

No official details were published about the results of the meetings; however, according to Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa’s statements to Saudi newspaper Makkah on June 8, Kuwait’s attempts at reconciliation had “failed.”