The death of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, also known as Abdullah Qaradash, in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib on Feb. 3 sparked various reactions among Yazidis, against whom IS committed war crimes and atrocities since it occupied their historic homeland in Iraq in August 2014.
Seif Mito, a 19-year-old Yazidi, told Al-Monitor how he suffered at the hands of IS during its rule. He said IS fighters kidnapped him from Sinjar in northern Iraq, along with his brother Zeid, who is five years younger than him, after his entire family was killed.
