Justice Minister Nayef al Ajmi and the Kuwaiti Cabinet dismissed US Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen’s accusations that he financed terrorism and promoted jihad in Syria, calling them “baseless and groundless.” On March 4 Cohen charged that al Ajmi had “a history of promoting jihad in Syria” and was linked to fundraising for the Al Nusrah Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Sham.
