This article is the subject of a legal complaint from H.E. Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al-Thani and Abdulhadi Mana Al-Hajri
The Qatari state has been accused of playing a central role in a secret money laundering operation to send hundreds of millions of dollars to jihadists in Syria.
A claim issued this week at the High Court in London alleges that a private office of the Gulf state’s monarch was at the heart of clandestine routes by which money was transferred to an al-Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front. Two Qatari banks, several charities, wealthy businessmen, leading politicians and civil servants are among the defendants in a claim for damages lodged by nine Syrians.
The claimants allege that each played a part in an alleged conspiracy
