activist

Kayla Mueller

كايلا مولر

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Going to Help the Syrians — Kayla Mueller's Captivity and Death in ISIS Hands

An Arizona volunteer went to help Syrians and was seized by ISIS — Kayla Mueller's 18-month captivity and death became one of the war's most personal tragedies, and gave her name to the raid that killed al-Baghdadi.

Biography

Kayla Jean Mueller was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker from Prescott, Arizona. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Media reported that a 26-year-old American aid worker was being held by ISIS without naming her, at her family's request. In 2015, she was killed in uncertain circumstances. The operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named Operation Kayla Mueller in her honor.

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Key Facts

Born:1988-08-08

Place:Prescott, Arizona, USA

Died:2015-02-26

Nationality:American