Turkey claims it has captured the elder sister of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in a raid in northwestern Syria.
According to a senior Turkish official, the 65-year-old known as Rasmiya Awad was detained with her husband, daughter-in-law and five children in a trailer container she was living in near the town of Azaz in Aleppo province.
Turkish officials say the arrest could yield valuable intelligence about ISIS.
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Baghdadi killed himself last month when cornered in a tunnel during a raid by U.S. special forces in northwestern Syria. Islamic State, in an audio tape posted online on Thursday, confirmed that its leader had died and vowed revenge against the United States.
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