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Erdogan says Turkey has captured Baghdadi's wife in Syria
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS NOVEMBER 6, 2019 / 7:30 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Erdogan says Turkey has captured Baghdadi's wife in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces in northern Syria.
“The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,” Erdogan said.
“But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn’t make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria,” he said in a speech at Ankara University. He gave no details.
Earlier this week a senior Turkish official said Turkey had captured Baghdadi’s sister, her husband and daughter-in-law, and hoped to gain intelligence from them about Islamic State, although Ankara has not said what knowledge they may have had about the group’s operations.
On Wednesday, a senior Turkish official said that the operation in which Baghdadi’s wife was detained took place on June 2, 2018 when Turkish police captured a group of 11 Islamic State suspects in Turkey’s Hatay province.
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Erdogan says Turkey has captured Baghdadi's wife in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has captured a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the Islamic State leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces in northern Syria.
“The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,” Erdogan said.
“But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn’t make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother in law in Syria,” he said in a speech at Ankara University. He gave no details.
Earlier this week a senior Turkish official said Turkey had captured Baghdadi’s sister, her husband and daughter-in-law, and hoped to gain intelligence from them about Islamic State, although Ankara has not said what knowledge they may have had about the group’s operations.
On Wednesday, a senior Turkish official said that the operation in which Baghdadi’s wife was detained took place on June 2, 2018 when Turkish police captured a group of 11 Islamic State suspects in Turkey’s Hatay province.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-baghdadi-wife/erdogan-says-turkey-has-captured-baghdadis-wife-in-syria-idUSKBN1XG1SV
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