Sky News reported Iran has released five senior al Qaeda operatives from detention and will soon allow them to leave the country, instigating fears they will join other terrorists in Syria planning attacks against the West.
According to Sky News’ intelligence sources, three of the five are members of al Qaeda’s ruling committee, the Shura Council.
“They were released in exchange for an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Yemen earlier this year,” the report said.
“The move comes not long after the American-led coalition in Syria bombed and killed several members of an organisation known as the Khorasan Group – an al Qaeda network based in Syria but focusing on planning attacks in the West using operatives with foreign passports.”