WASHINGTON: The United States has more than doubled its offer of a reward to $25 million for information leading to Daesh’s self-proclaimed caliph.

The State Department had previously offered $10 million for information that helps the US determine the location of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, or arrest and convict him.

The agency says that under Al-Baghdadi, Daesh has been responsible for thousands of deaths in the Middle East, including American citizens, and terrorist attacks elsewhere.