BEIRUT: Qatar is responsible for kidnappings by the Nusra Front, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as an official Lebanese delegation held talks in Doha over negotiations to secure the release of 22 policemen and soldiers held by militants.
“Terrorists from the Nusra Front would not have committed the crime of kidnapping had it not been for direct support from Qatari forces,” the ministry said in a statement.
Qatar is helping negotiate the release of Lebanese security personnel and soldiers captured by Nusra militants in Arsal and later handed over to Islamic State radicals who have since beheaded two of the soldiers.
The Syrian statement argued that by paying large sums to militants to secure the released of abducted security and military personnel, the Gulf state was supporting terrorism.
The Foreign Ministry condemned the financing of terrorism “under any pretext," citing Security Council resolutions that deem the act an international crime.
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