US offers $5 million for information on 3 al-Qaida figures
The United States is offering cash rewards for
information leading to the identification and location of three top al-Qaida
operatives.
The State Department says it’ll pay up to $5 million
each for information about the men who it says were senior members of an
al-Qaida affiliate active in Syria.
The members of Hurras al-Dian are said to be loyal
to al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. They’re identified as Egyptian Abu ’Abd
al-Karim al-Masri, Jordanian Abu Mahmud al-Shami and Syrian Faruq al-Suri.
The money is offered under the department’s “Rewards
for Justice” program. Since 1984, according to the department, the program has
paid out more than $150 million for information leading to the arrests or
deaths of suspected terrorists or for information that’s prevented terrorist
attacks.
