A multi-million dollar bounty has been placed on the head of a key Islamic State terrorist in charge of mobilizing foreign fighters in Syria.
Barack Obama
The US president, Barack Obama, has placed a $5million bounty on the head of a key Islamic State terrorist in charge of mobilizing foreign fighters in Syria.
Daily Mail reports that Barack Obama’s administration made the announcement last night November 19, that it was offering a reward of up to $5m (£3.3m) for information leading to the location or identification of Tirad al-Jarba, better known as Abu-Muhammad al-Shimali.
Al-Shimali heads the moving of foreign fighters into Syria and processing the group’s new recruits there.
It said he was now a leader of its immigration and logistics committee, responsible for moving foreign terrorist fighters — primarily through Gaziantep, Turkey — to Jarabulus, Syria, a border town the group controls.
The bounty note states: "Shimali and the ISIS immigration and logistics committee coordinate smuggling activities, financial transfers, and the movement of supplies into Syria and Iraq from Europe, North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
"In 2014, Shimali facilitated the travel from Turkey to Syria of prospective Isis fighters from Australia, Europe and the Middle East, and managed Isis’s processing centre for new recruits in Azaz, Syria."