By Al-Fassel | 2025-06-17

The United States is offering a $10 million reward for credible information leading to the location or disruption of senior "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) leader Hasna al-Sabti.

Al-Sabti is a central figure in ISIS's shadowy finance and facilitation system, "managing communications and financial matters for the terrorist group," according to the US State Department's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program.

He oversees the group's financial and communications operations in North Africa and the Middle East, and is described as having coordinated the "movement of money, men and materiel for ISIS operations," RFJ said.

These activities are foundational to ISIS's continued ability to support affiliates and initiatives across multiple continents, it said.

ISIS's durability, despite territorial and leadership losses, is owed substantially to finances generated and remitted between far-flung sympathizers and operatives.

Funds collected globally, including in Indonesia and Türkiye, were funneled "to support ISIS efforts in Syria-based displaced persons camps," RFJ said.

In some instances, these funds facilitated the "smuggling [of] children out of the camps and delivering them to ISIS foreign fighters as potential recruits."

ISIS sympathizers in more than 40 countries have been implicated in transnational money transfers to support the group's activities, with efforts now ramping up to interdict these channels, according to counterterrorism experts.

The identification of al-Sabti, which was drawn from extensive intelligence efforts, marks him as a critical weak point in the ISIS network.

His exposure means there is nowhere left for him to hide, the experts say, given that such a significant reward greatly increases both global scrutiny and the risk of betrayal.

International dragnet

The $10 million reward is designed to motivate the global community.

Anyone with credible, reliable information that can lead to the arrest or identification of al-Sabti, or to disrupting his financial operations, may be eligible to claim the reward.

Tips can be submitted anonymously via WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Facebook, X, or Tor (Tor browser required) at: he5dybnt7sr6cm32xt77pazmtm65flqy6irivtflruqfc5ep7eiodiad.onion

The United States designated ISIS as a terrorist group in 2004, with all its property and interests in US jurisdiction blocked, and it is a crime for anyone knowingly to provide it with support or resources, the State Department said.

The visibility now forced on al-Sabti and his operatives sends a clear message to ISIS that no matter how long fugitives evade justice, international dragnet mechanisms are persistent, and there is nowhere to hide, experts say.