Turkish forces capture ISIS leader al-Baghdadi's sister in Syria

ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's sister, Rasmiya Awad was reportedly captured by Turkish forces in the northern Syrian town of Azaz on November 4, a senior Turkish official confirmed to an international news agency. The Turkish forces are now interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who have also been detained with her. Three of them were caught in a raid near Azaz, a Turkish-controlled Syrian town near the border, he added. There were also five children along with her during her capture.
The official hoped that the captured will provide a trove of intelligence on the inner workings of ISIS.

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Turkey determined to fight ISIS: Fahrettin Altun 

No more details are available about her as of now. In fact, there are doubts about whether she is Baghdadi's real sister or not. Communications director of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Fahrettin Altun called the capture an indication of Turkey's determination to fight against ISIS. He alleged that there had been a lot of propaganda against Turkey which raised doubts on its motive.

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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi to succeed Baghdadi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi led ISIS declaring himself "caliph" of all Muslims and controlled huge areas of Iraq and Syria from 2014-2017 until US and Iraqi forces along with Syrian Kurds fought back. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi has been identified as the successor of Baghdadi as revealed by ISIS. It is yet to be established how he was chosen and what links he has with Baghdadi or the terror entity. Baghdadi while his death threatened to avenge what was done to him.

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