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Minorities Express Cautious Optimism after al-Baghdadi's Death

Sirwan Kajjo

   Ethnic and religious minorities around the world that have suffered
   from the Islamic State (IS) terror group's extremist ideology are
   expressing happiness after the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
   in a U.S. operation over the weekend in northwestern Syria.

   U.S. President Donald Trump announced the death of al-Baghdadi on
   Sunday. Trump said al-Baghdadi detonated an explosive vest while being
   pursued by U.S. forces in Syria, killing himself and three of his
   children.

   "He should have been killed a long time ago," said Layla Taalo, a
   Yazidi woman who was taken by IS as a sex slave when the militants
   stormed the northern Iraqi town of Sinjar in August 2014.

   WATCH: Minorities React to IS Leader's Death

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