Abu Mohammed Al-golani

Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in the most crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme.

The shadowy leader of a powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press.

Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in the most crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme.

The shadowy leader of a powerful al-Qaida group fighting in Syria sought to kidnap United Nations workers and scrawled out plans for his aides to take over in the event of his death, according to excerpts of letters obtained on Wednesday by The Associated Press.