Qatar has been accused of waging a “campaign of intimidation and apparent bribery” to derail a High Court case in which the country is accused of funding terrorism.
They are among nine claimants originally from Syria who say they lost family members, were tortured and had property and businesses destroyed at the hands of the Al-Nusra Front terrorist organisation during the Syrian civil war. They are now bringing a writ worth tens of millions against various Qatari entities whom they say assisted the Gulf state in illegally financing the group.
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