Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (real name Jamal Jafaar Mohammed Ali Ebrahimi) is an Iraqi military commander who heads the Popular Mobilisation Committee which is active against the Islamic State. The organisations he oversees are reported to have close connections to the Iranian Quds force.It was reported by Reuters that he was formerly a commander in the Kata'ib Hezbollah militia, and prior to that worked with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards against Saddam Hussein's regime.Allegations of terrorism have been levelled against him[1] over his activities in Kuwait in the 1980s. He was convicted to death in absentia by a court in Kuwait for his involvement in 1983 Kuwait bombings. Muhandis is on the United States' list of designated terrorists. Wikipedia