Syed Mohammed Yusuf Shah, commonly known as Syed Salahudeen, is the head of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen,[1] a Kashmiri separatist militant organisation operating in Kashmir, and head of an alliance of anti-India militant groups,[2][3] the United Jihad Council, that works to annex the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to Pakistan.[4][5][6][7] Salahuddin vowed to block any peaceful resolution to the Kashmir conflict, threatened to train more Kashmiri suicide bombers, and vowed to turn the Kashmir valley "into a graveyard for Indian forces."[8][9] He is listed on the NIA Most Wanted list.[10] On 26 June 2017, he was named as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the US Department Of State.[11][12] After being designated as a Global terrorist, he addressed the Pakistani Media at Muzaffarabad’s Centre Press Club, claiming that "The declaration was a joint move by the US, Israel, and India to express their animosity towards Pakistan."[13][14][15]