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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Arrests Widow of ISIS Commander

Special forces officers conduct a search operation following an attack at the entrance to a police station, in the Istanbul suburb of Bayrampasa, Turkey March 3, 2016. Reuters

Turkish authorities have arrested the widow of Abu Omar al-Shishani, a top ISIS commander killed in Iraq in 2016, Turkey's official news agency said.

Anadolu news agency reported late Thursday four people were formally arrested in Istanbul for alleged links to ISIS following their detention in a counter-terror operation earlier in July.

Among them was Seda D., married to the infamous red-bearded Georgian national known by his nom de guerre "Omar the Chechen" in Arabic.

The private DHA news agency reported the woman had used a fake passport.

The report said she has two sons.

Shishani —born Tarkhan Batirashvili— was the "minister of war" for ISIS and appeared on many videos.

The US military said he was killed in Iraq in July 2016 during an airstrike.

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