Biden spoke on Thursday morning in the US capital on the operation in northern Syria to remove Quraishi, the leader of ISIS since 2019 when a counter terrorism operation took out former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

"We all remember the gut-wrenching stories: mass slaughters that wiped out entire villages, thousands of women and young girls sold into slavery, rape used as a weapon of war,” Biden said, referring to ISIS’ atrocities against Yezidis after the militant group overran Sinjar and Yezidi-populated areas around Mosul.

The Commission for International Justice, an NGO that investigates global crimes, stated Quraishi was one of the "key architects” of ISIS’ enslavement of Yezidi women and children, according to CNN.

The group’s deputy director, Nerma Jelacic, said Quraishi "personally enslaved and raped captive women.”

Biden also said Quraishi was responsible for the attack by ISIS sleeper cells on the al-Sinaa prison in Hasaka last month, an incident that lead to days of clashes in the city during which the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said 121 of their members and staff at the prison as well as four civilians were killed, in addition to 374 ISIS members.

The US President said special forces were chosen to carry out the operation against Quraishi instead of an air strike in order to "minimize civilian casualties.” However, Quraishi blew himself up during the raid, killing several members of his family.

Biden stated the US would continue to work with the SDF, Iraqi Security Forces and the Peshmerga, as well as the 80 members of the global coalition.

The special forces’ raid targeted Quraishi early on Thursday morning in a house in the Atmeh area near the border with Turkey.

Rescue workers said at least 13 people, including six children and four women, were killed in clashes and in Quraishi’s suicide bomb explosion.

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