Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during a U.S. special forces raid on Thursday, dealing a setback to the terrorist group at the same time it's been trying to stage a comeback.
"This is a major blow to ISIS and an important psychological victory for the U.S. team,"James Franklin Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, told NBC News.
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