U.S. sanctions three over funding in Kuwait for Islamic militants

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on three men it said funnelled money from Kuwait to Islamic militant groups in Iraq and Syria.

The U.S. Treasury Department said two of the men raised and delivered money for the Nusra Front, a Syrian rebel group linked to al Qaeda. A third man helped to transfer money from Kuwait to Syria for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and also helped smuggle fighters to join insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq.