Lebanese army detains wife and son of ISIS leader al-Baghdadi: Officials

A file image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the
A file image grab taken from a propaganda video released on July 5, 2014 by al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, aka Caliph Ibrahim, adressing Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the militant-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul. -- PHOTO: AFP

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Lebanese army detained Islamic State in Iraq and Syria leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's wife and one of his sons as they crossed from Syria in recent days, Lebanese security officials said on Tuesday.

The officials declined to give the name or nationality of the woman whom they described as one of his wives.

The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported the army had detained her in coordination with "foreign intelligence apparatus".

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