Turkey Captures One of Slain IS Leader Al-Baghdadi’s Wives

File image Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

(Photo: AP)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, 6 November, said Turkey has captured a wife of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Erdogan made the announcement while delivering a speech in the capital of Ankara but gave no other details. He did not say when or how the woman was captured or identify her by name.

Al-Baghdadi was known to have four wives.

Erdogan's announcement comes just days after Turkish forces captured al-Baghdadi's elder sister, identified as Rasmiya Awad, in northwestern Syria. She was with her husband, daughter-in-law and five children when she was detained.

Erdogan says, "We caught his wife, but we didn't make a fuss about it. I am announcing this today for the first time."