A senior Turkish official is announcing that his country has captured the older sister of Islamic State Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. raid last month.

His 65-year old sister, known as Rasmiya Awad was captured in a raid on a trailer container where she lived with her family in the town of Azaz, a region run by Turkey. 

To find out more, KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations.

A senior Turkish official is announcing that his country has captured the older sister of Islamic State Leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. raid last month.
His 65-year old sister, known as Rasmiya Awad was captured in a raid on a trailer container where she lived with her family in the town of Azaz, a region run by Turkey.&nbsp;
To find out more, KCBS Radio news anchors Jeff Bell and Patti Reising spoke with Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations.

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