Islamic State Leader's Wife Arrested

Category: Terrorism News


The wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and one of his sons have been arrested at the Syrian border, say reports.

They were detained by Lebanese troops in coordination with "foreign intelligence apparatus", according to local media.

His wife is said to have been traveling with a fake passport, and she is being questioned at the headquarters of the Lebanese defence ministry.

The country's security forces have launched a crackdown against IS sympathizers in Lebanon and the intelligence services have been extra vigilant at border crossings.

They have arrested over the past few months a number of Islamic militants suspected of staging attacks to expand IS in the country neighboring Syria.

Since taking the reins of the terror group in 2010, Baghdadi has transformed it from a local branch of al Qaeda into an independent transnational military force.

He has succeeded in exploiting turmoil in Syria and Iraq's weak central authority after the US military withdrawal to carve out his power-base.


In doing so he has positioned himself as a leading figure in the global jihadi community.

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