The Washington Post published leaked letters revealing that Qatar had paid at least $ 275 million to terrorists in Iraq to release a number of its citizens and members of the ruling family who were kidnapped in Iraq in 2015.
The payments were part of a larger deal that would involve the Iranian, Iraqi and Turkish governments as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia and at least two Syrian opposition groups, including al-Nusra Front, the notorious Sunni rebel faction linked to al-Qaeda. The total sum demanded for the return of the hostages at times climbed as high as $1 billion, although it is not clear from the documents exactly how much money ultimately changed hands.
This proves Qatar’s support for terrorism and to free Hostages who are listed by the United States as terrorists.