Explained: Who was Kayla Mueller, after whom the operation to kill al-Baghdadi was named? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Who was Kayla Mueller, after whom the operation to kill al-Baghdadi was named? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Yashee |Edited by Explained Desk |New Delhi |Published: October 29, 2019 5:46:23 pm

Explained: Who was Kayla Mueller, after whom the operation to kill al-Baghdadi was named?

Mueller had briefly worked in India, teaching English to Tibetan refugees and to economically underprivileged women and children

Mueller, a resident of Prescott in Arizona, was only 26 when she was killed by the ISIS in Syria

The US special forces operation that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named after Kayla Mueller, an American aid worker captured and killed by the Islamic State in 2015.