CNN.
News agencies Reuters and
Agence France-Presse reported, citing unidentified Lebanese security
officials, said one of al-Baghdadi's sons was also detained. And the
detentions took place near Lebanon's border with Syria when they tried
to enter the country.
The detentions took place
near Lebanon's border with Syria, the news agencies Reuters and Agence
France-Presse reported, citing unidentified Lebanese security officials.
No details were available
on the names or nationalities of the woman or the son. Lebanese
authorities didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from CNN.
It was unclear when the
two were picked up by Lebanese forces -- Reuters said it happened "in
recent days," AFP reported it was 10 days ago.
"It's certainly a new
dynamic because we've never seen anybody connected so close to
al-Baghdadi being detained," terrorism expert Sajjan M. Gohel told CNN.
But the reports raise a lot of questions about what the family members might have been doing in Lebanon.
"Is he estranged from
them? Has he fallen out with them? Were they escaping from him?" said
Gohel, who is the international security director at the Asia Pacific
Foundation.
Source: CNN
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