Washington DC, April 24 -- The US State Department is offering a reward of up to USD 10 million for information on Abu Ala al-Walai, the leader of the Iran-aligned Iraqi group Kataib Sayyid ul-Shuhada (KSS), which Washington DC has designated as a terrorist organisation.

The US Department of State's Rewards for Justice program in a social media post on April 23 stated that they were seeking information on Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji also known as Al-Walai.

KSS members have "killed Iraqi civilians and attacked US diplomatic facilities in Iraq, as well as attacking US military bases and personnel in Iraq and Syria," US officials said. The social media post, while soliciting information leading to the identification or location of al-Sar...