Qatar emir: 'We don't fund extremists'

Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has denied his country funds "terrorists" in Syria.

"If you talk about certain movements, especially in Syria and Iraq, we all consider them terrorist movement," he told CNN.

"But there are differences. There are differences that some countries and some people (believe) that any group which comes from Islamic background are terrorists. And we don't accept that."

He emphasised that the "main cause of all this is the regime in Syria, and this regime should be punished."

"If we think that we're going to get rid of the terrorist movements and leave those regimes doing what - this regime especially, doing what he is doing - then terrorist movements will come back again," he warned.