ARSAL, Lebanon: The sister-in-law of ISIS commander Anas Sharkas, better known by his nom de guerre Abu Ali al-Shishani, has been arrested in the Bekaa Valley, her husband told The Daily Star Friday.
Mohammad Sharkas, brother of Abu Ali al-Shishani, told The Daily Star that his wife, Leila Abdullatif, had been arrested.
The husband appeared indifferent over his wife's detention, explaining that she had left him after a dispute between the two.
Sharkas said his wife wanted to leave their home in Hermel to join his brother and other ISIS fighters on the outskirts of Arsal.
Military sources said that the Army was still trying to confirm the woman's identity.
Shishani appeared in a video last week threatening to attack Lebanon and to start kidnapping women and children in retaliation for the arrest of his wife, Ola al-Oqaili, and two children by the Lebanese Army.
Oqaili was apprehended at a Syrian refugee camp in north Lebanon two weeks ago.
She was handed over to General Security on Tuesday, after the Military Prosecutor had cleared her of any major offenses.
Sharkas is a Circassian Syrian from the town of Qusayr where Hezbollah fought alongside the Syrian army in fierce battles against the rebels last year.
- See more at: http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Dec-12/280876-lebanon-detains-isis-commanders-sister-in-law.ashx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#sthash.ODDYml3b.dpufMohammad Sharkas, brother of Abu Ali al-Shishani, told The Daily Star that his wife, Leila Abdullatif, had been arrested.
The husband appeared indifferent over his wife's detention, explaining that she had left him after a dispute between the two.
Sharkas said his wife wanted to leave their home in Hermel to join his brother and other ISIS fighters on the outskirts of Arsal.
Military sources said that the Army was still trying to confirm the woman's identity.
Shishani appeared in a video last week threatening to attack Lebanon and to start kidnapping women and children in retaliation for the arrest of his wife, Ola al-Oqaili, and two children by the Lebanese Army.
Oqaili was apprehended at a Syrian refugee camp in north Lebanon two weeks ago.
She was handed over to General Security on Tuesday, after the Military Prosecutor had cleared her of any major offenses.
Sharkas is a Circassian Syrian from the town of Qusayr where Hezbollah fought alongside the Syrian army in fierce battles against the rebels last year.
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