Through its Rewards for Justice program, the State Department announced today that it would pay up to USD 7 million for information on Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, up to USD 5 million each for Abu Mohammed al-Adnani and Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and up to USD 3 million for Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-'Awni al-Harzi.
According to the department, Qaduli is a senior IS official who originally joined al-Qaida's affiliate in Iraq, Adnani is an official IS spokesman, Batirashvili is a battlefield commander in northern Syria and Harzi is the group's leader for the border region between Syria and Turkey.