The two bounty posters show the reward of one million Syrian pounds in Arabic, Russian and English. The poster on the left shows a picture of Abu Hassan Al-Kuwaiti, the Nusra Front's spiritual leader.Twitter
Newsweek: Al-Qaeda Affiliate Issues Bounty for Capture of Russian Soldiers in Syria
A prominent spiritual leader and financier of al-Qaeda's official branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, issued a bounty worth three million Syrian pounds ($15,900) for the capture of a Russian soldier in Syria on Thursday, a day after Russia carried out its first airstrikes against rebel groups in the country.
A poster shared on social media offers one million Syrian pounds ($5,300) paid to the fighter who captures a Russian soldier and two million ($10,600) paid to the fighter's faction.
"To the heroic Mujahideen brothers, a prize of a million [Syrian pounds] to anyone who takes hostage a Russian soldier," wrote Abu Hassan al-Kuwaiti, a spiritual leader of the Nusra Front, in a tweet that has been retweeted more than 150 times and shared widely among online jihadi sympathizers on Twitter.
WNU Editor: $16,000 US to the Al Qaeda fighter and group that captures a Russian soldier. I am curious to know how much would they pay for a U.S. fighter pilot .... probably far more.
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