US prepares Rp172 billion reward for information on leaders of Iran's allied KSS

ILLUSTRATION UNSPLASH/Chris Hardy

JAKARTA - The United States (US) is offering up to 10 million US dollars (around Rp172 billion) for information on the leader of the Kata'ib Sayyid ul-Shuhada (KSS) group in Iraq, which is allegedly supported by Iran, Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji.

"Rewards up to Rp172 billion for information on KSS Leader Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji," said the US State Department's Rewards for Justice (RFJ), Friday (24/4), reported by ANTARA from Sputnik, Saturday, April 25.

The group is said to be allied with Iran.

According to RFJ, KKS is suspected of being responsible for the deaths of Iraqi civilians. The group has also attacked diplomatic facilities as well as US military personnel and bases in Iraq and Syria.

RFJ asked the public who knew the whereabouts of al-Saraji to inform them through the Tor information channel or the Signal messaging application. For informants who meet the requirements will be given protection (relocation) and rewards, he added.

On April 1, the State Department offered up to $3 million (around Rp51 billion) for information on attacks on US diplomatic facilities in Iraq.

On April 9, the department then summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Washington regarding the attack on American diplomatic facilities in Baghdad, which was allegedly carried out by a group "allied with Iran".