Islamic State leader’s death brings little solace to Iraq's suffering Yazidis
Yazidis react to the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, who played a central role in orchestrating the slaughter and trafficking of the minority group.
![Women mourn by a grave during a mass funeral for Yazidi victims of the Islamic State (IS) group whose remains were found in a mass grave, in the northern Iraqi village of Kojo in Sinjar district, on Dec. 9, 2021.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2022-02/GettyImages-1237116708.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=X1bztO44)
For survivors of the Islamic State massacre against Iraq’s long-persecuted Yazidi minority, the death of terrorist leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi brought some relief but little solace. More than seven years after al-Qurayshi oversaw a genocide against the Yazidis, countless other IS members go unpunished.
“There is more that must be done,” Yazidi activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad said in a statement.