Ahmad al-Hamidawi

Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on Ahmad al-Hamidawi, the leader of the terrorist group Kata’ib Hizballah (KH), a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

In March 2026, al-Hamidawi directed KH attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities. For years, KH has repeatedly targeted U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq with IEDs, rockets, and unmanned aircraft systems, kidnapped U.S. citizens, and killed innocent Iraqi civilians.

Al-Hamidawi received political, military, and intelligence training from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and serves as Secretary General of KH and on KH’s shura council. As the leader of KH, al-Hamidawi has played a central role in planning attacks against U.S. and Iraqi government security forces since 2007.

In his leadership role, al-Hamidawi continues to incite violence through mass protests and attacks targeting the U.S. embassy in Iraq. On February 26, 2020, the Department of State designated al-Hamidawi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) pursuant to Executive Order 13224. Among other consequences, all his property and interests that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or hereafter come within the possession or control of U.S. persons, are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in any transactions with him.

On June 24, 2009, the Department of State designated KH as an FTO under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended. As a result of this designation, U.S. persons are prohibited from providing material support or resources to, or engaging in other transactions with KH, and all property and interests in property of the organization that are in the U.S., or come within the U.S., or the control of U.S. persons are frozen.

KH members have received extensive training, weapons, and other support from Iran’s IRGC-Qods Force (QF) and Iran-supported Lebanese Hizballah, both of which are U.S.-designated FTOs. KH works closely with IRGC-QF and closely follows the direction of Iran’s supreme leader. KH has conducted terrorist attacks in an effort to expel U.S. and Coalition armed forces from the country, establish an Iran-aligned government in Iraq, and advance Iranian interests throughout the Middle East.

On December 27, 2019, KH launched a rocket attack against an Iraqi military base near Kirkuk, killing Nawred Hamid, a U.S. civilian contractor, and injuring four U.S. service members and two members of the Iraqi Security Forces. From December 27, 2019, to January 1, 2020, KH led protests at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad during which protesters attempted to storm the embassy.