The Lebanese army have detained a wife and a son of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of Islamic State (Isis), as they crossed from Syria, security officials have said.
The officials declined to reveal the name or nationality of the woman, whom they described as one of his wives.
The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported that the army had detained the woman in coordination with “foreign intelligence apparatus”. It said she had been traveling with a fake passport accompanied by one of her sons.
Investigators were said to be questioning her at the headquarters of the Lebanese defense ministry.
Isis has seized swaths of Iraq and Syria, Lebanon’s neighbor to the east, declaring a caliphate over the territory it controls.
Lebanon has waged a crackdown on Isis sympathizers. In recent months, they have arrested several Islamic militants suspected of staging attacks.
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