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Arrested woman 'is not Baghdadi's wife'
(MENAFN- Arab News) BAGHDAD: An Iraqi official denied Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi the leader of the Islamic State group adding that she is the sister of a terror suspect being held in Iraq.
The statement by Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan adds to the confusion surrounding the identity of the woman and child who were detained about 10 days ago in northern Lebanon traveling with a fake ID.
Lebanese officials said the woman Saja Al-Dulaimi is believed to be the wife of the reclusive IS leader. Al-Dulaimi was held by Syrian authorities and freed in a prisoner exchange with the Nusra Front Syria's Al-Qaeda branch earlier this year.
The interrogation of the woman was being supervised by Lebanon's military prosecutor.
On Wednesday a senior Lebanese military official insisted that the woman said she was Al-Baghdadi's wife during her interrogation.
He said authorities have also detained separately the wife of senior Nusra Front leader Anas Sharkas who is also known as Abu Ali Al-Shishani. The official refused to give further details about the Syrian woman beyond saying her first name is Alaa.
On Wednesday Maan told The Associated Press that Al-Dulaimi an Iraqi national who traveled to Syria before arriving in Lebanon is not Al-Baghdadi's wife. He identified her as the sister of Omar Abdul Hamid Al-Dulaimi who is being held in Iraq as a terror suspect. He added that Al-Baghdadi has two wives but neither is named Saja Al-Dulaimi.
The statement by Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan adds to the confusion surrounding the identity of the woman and child who were detained about 10 days ago in northern Lebanon traveling with a fake ID.
Lebanese officials said the woman Saja Al-Dulaimi is believed to be the wife of the reclusive IS leader. Al-Dulaimi was held by Syrian authorities and freed in a prisoner exchange with the Nusra Front Syria's Al-Qaeda branch earlier this year.
The interrogation of the woman was being supervised by Lebanon's military prosecutor.
On Wednesday a senior Lebanese military official insisted that the woman said she was Al-Baghdadi's wife during her interrogation.
He said authorities have also detained separately the wife of senior Nusra Front leader Anas Sharkas who is also known as Abu Ali Al-Shishani. The official refused to give further details about the Syrian woman beyond saying her first name is Alaa.
On Wednesday Maan told The Associated Press that Al-Dulaimi an Iraqi national who traveled to Syria before arriving in Lebanon is not Al-Baghdadi's wife. He identified her as the sister of Omar Abdul Hamid Al-Dulaimi who is being held in Iraq as a terror suspect. He added that Al-Baghdadi has two wives but neither is named Saja Al-Dulaimi.
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