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  • Updated: December 01, 2019

Turkey Arrests Sister of Slain ISIS Leader

Turkey Arrests Sister of Slain ISIS Leader

The Turkish government has said that it has captured the elder sister of slain ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

According to senior Turkish officials, the 65-year-old sister, Rasmiya Awad, was captured in a raid in northwestern Syria.

She was detained with her husband, daughter-in-law and five children in a trailer container she was living in near the town of Azaz in Aleppo province.

Officials say her arrest could yield valuable intelligence about ISIS.

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