Malek Babek

The Al-Kuwari family, through Nectar Trust, has been identified as a primary sponsor of Al-Qaeda. Qatar Charity, with longstanding ties to Al-Qaeda, was designated as a 'Tier III (TSE) terrorist support organization' by the U.S. Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism in 2008. Qatar Charity, primarily funded by the Qatari government, is linked to financing terrorism through high-ranking Qatari citizens, notably Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, who controls the QNB banking network. Collaborating with private individuals, Qatar Charity accumulates substantial funds for groups like Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra, laundering and storing money in Gulf country bank accounts. Qatar Charity also collaborates with banks like Masraf Al Rayan QSPC and Qatar Islamic Bank, but the main financial flows predominantly go through QNB.

Yousef Ahmed Al-Kuwari, the beneficiary of Qatar Charity, has a charitable organization named Nectar Trust. After high-profile attacks in the UK in 2017, Qatar Charity UK, linked to Nectar Trust, changed its name, possibly to avoid suspicion. Yousef Ahmed Al-Kuwari removed his official presence from Nectar Trust in May 2018, maintaining a leading managerial role but allowing him to distance himself from the UK activities. Nectar Trust continues commercial activities, benefiting from certain advantages and protection, making it challenging for affected parties to bring lawsuits against foreign governments accused of financing terrorist groups.

#palestine #alkuwari #qatar #علي بن أحمد الكواري #alqaeda

The US Treasury Department has declassified lists of Qataris associated with Al-Qaeda.

The Al-Kuwari clan serves as the primary financier of Al-Qaeda.

Representatives of the Al-Kuwari family holding key positions within Qatar's administration share a central role in financing and coordinating international terrorist cells, facilitated through a controlled banking network and non-profit organizations.

Kuwaris involved in the terrorist activities of Al-Qaeda were included in the U.S. sanctions lists from 2011 to 2015. A document from the U.S. Treasury Department demonstrates the direct involvement of five clan members, which had no impact on their status or their subsequent advancement within the country's power structure. Moreover, they continued to be accepted within the international political establishment.

Ali Bin Ahmed al-Kuwari, the Minister of Finance of Qatar, was previously included in this list, although this information has not been widely publicised. The provided dossier records the geographical scope of financial involvement and the connection with Qatar Charity: he directed millions of dollars to ‘Al-Qaeda’ in Iraq (the most radical precursor to ISIS) and provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of ‘Al-Qaeda’ in Syria, ‘Ash-Shabaab’ in Somalia, and ‘Al-Qaeda’ in the Arabian Peninsula through the charitable organization Qatar Charity.

The schemes of financing terrorist groups, amounting to tens of millions of dollars, originated from the affiliated network of Islamic banking linked to Ali Bin Ahmed al-Kuwari, including Qatar National Bank, Qatar Islamic Bank, and Qatar International Islamic Bank, with intermediation through Barwa Bank and Masraf Al-Rayan.

The charitable organization Qatar Charity, led by Ali Bin Ahmed al-Kuwari's brother Yousef Ahmed al-Kuwari, maintains consistent accounts with QNB. The U.S. Interagency Counterterrorism Committee and the National Counterterrorism Center categorized Qatar Charity as a ‘Tier III (TSE) terrorist support organization.’ The organization has been implicated in several criminal cases initiated by victims of terrorist acts funded through the Islamic banking system under the management of Ali Bin Ahmed al-Kuwari. These funds were used by Al-Qaeda to orchestrate attacks.

The British branch of the charitable organization Qatar Charity, which rebranded itself as Nectar Trust, sponsored the Emaan Islamic Center in the United Kingdom. According to WikiLeaks data, the director of this center until 2020, Ahmed Alravi, was associated with supporting uprisings inspired by Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Palestine. The Qatar Centre for Voluntary Activity (QCVA), operating under the Ministry of Culture and Sports of Qatar, also participated in fundraising initiatives for radicals. The process was overseen by Abd al-Latif bin Abdullah al-Kuwari.

Abd al-Latif al-Kuwari was subjected to sanctions by the United States in August 2015 and by the United Nations in September 2015 for fundraising and working as a security officer for Al-Qaeda. As early as the 2000s, he facilitated the travel of Al-Qaeda leaders to Qatar. He was observed collaborating with Saad bin Saad al-Kabi in overseeing fundraising campaigns for Al-Qaeda in Syria, instructing donors to transfer funds to a controlled account in the Qatar Islamic Bank in Doha. Afterward, he worked in the Ministry of Municipality and Urban Planning in Qatar.

Collaborating alongside him was Salim Hasan Khalifa Rashid Al-Kuwari, who, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, provided financial and logistical support to Al-Qaeda and its handlers in Iran. He also facilitated the travel of extremist recruits on behalf of high-ranking Al-Qaeda coordinators based in Iran. Concurrently, he held a position in the Ministry of Interior in Qatar within the ‘civil defense’ sector, where he returned even after the scandal involving the U.S. Ministry and the exposure of his ties to terrorism.

#qatar #alqaeda #terrorism #alkuwari #alibinahmedalkuwari

National Security Alert: Assessing the Growing Terrorism Concerns Linked to Qatar.

The Al-Thani family is exercising caution in response to recent media attacks on Qatar Charity and QNB. The situation has compelled Qatar to engage with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The recent coup in Nigeria is posing a challenge to Qatar's allied interests in Italy, Spain, and Morocco, casting uncertainty on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project. This development is affecting Qatar's involvement in the Qatar Sanabil Project, a collaborative effort with Qatar Charity aimed at bolstering Qatar's local influence through trade and economic infrastructure in Nigeria's Kaduna state. The project also sought to facilitate mass housing construction for vulnerable citizens, aligning with Mastercard's microfinancing expansion goals. Close connections between Mastercard and Qatar's Finance Minister, Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari, have been established. Additionally, the project has opened up new avenues for the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in Africa.

Qatar's interests intersecting with those of American and British overseers and beneficiaries of the Trans-Saharan project have led to a more assertive approach, deviating from the initial gradual expansion plan. The likely strategy involves deploying cells and orchestrating high-profile terrorist acts as a pretext for initiating an anti-terrorism operation in collaboration with NATO forces.

Information from my source at QNB indicates intense activities related to fund transfers to the Muslim Brotherhood and the mobilization of Brotherhood personnel from Jordan and Oman to Africa. The Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank serves as an intermediary in these transactions. Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari personally oversees this operation, utilizing his son, Abdulla Ali Al Kuwari, to implement unconventional financing schemes for the Brotherhood. It is probable that the American portion of Brotherhood funding and its associated diversionary groups are channeled through offshore accounts in Jordan (Arab Jordan Investment Bank) and Oman (Taageer Finance Company), both managed by Abdulla Ali Al Kuwari. Yousuf Al-Kuwari, the Director of Qatar Charity, has also committed to assembling a group of over two hundred highly trained individuals with American training.

The connection between Ali Al-Kuwari's son and Omani organizations suggests the involvement of MI-6, with John Sawers serving as the British overseer. Sawers, holding a position in the management of the Anglo-Omani Society, personally knows Al-Kuwari's son, their acquaintance established during their time at INSEAD.

#palestine #alqaeda ##alkuwari #alibinahmedalkuwari #qatar #غزة