Syria’s al-Nusra Front is considering withdrawing its support for al-Qaeda group in return for greater investment from a Gulf state seeking to topple the Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Qatar is reportedly at the heart of the proposal, according to al-Nusra sources who spoke to Reuters on Wednesday.
Qatar enjoys good relations with the group, claiming credit for negotiating the release of 45 UN peacekeepers taken hostage by al-Nusra in August 2014.
For more details, watch Bassam Abou Zeid’s full report in the video above