Syria's banking sector has not been used to launder money to fund terrorism, the country's Minister of Finance Muhammad al-Hussein said Sunday during talks with a U.N. committee investigating al-Qaeda financial transactions, dpa reported. "Absolutely, there are no accounts for terrorist individuals or organizations in the Syrian banking system, and it does not allow the passage of any form of finance for terrorist organizations," al- Hussein told the committee led by Moryal Sezer. Al-Hussein also stressed Syria's "full commitment to international legitimacy's resolutions, including auditing the accounts of any groups or individuals and freezing them when the committee raises specific names," SANA news agency reported. On Saturday, the Syrian Interior Minister confirmed to the same committee that the al-Qaida terrorist network and the Afghani Taliban movement were not operating in Syria, dpa reported. -- SPA 2336 Local Time 2036 GMT
