Family members of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi detained by army at Syria -Lebanon
border crossing, officials say .
The Lebanese army has detained a wife and a son
of Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic
State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL ) group, as they
crossed from Syria in recent days , security
officials have said .
The military said that the wife was a Syian citizen
and the detained son was nine years old.
According to the army statement , they were
detained 10 days ago and have been questioned at
the ministry of defence .
The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported the
army detained her in coordination with " foreign
intelligence apparatus ". It said she had been
travelling with a fake passport accompanied by
one of her sons .
The armed ISIL group has seized wide areas of
Iraq and Syria , Lebanon' s neighbour to the east,
declaring a " caliphate" over the territory it controls.
The Lebanese security forces have waged a
crackdown on ISIL sympathisers in Lebanon and
the intelligence services have been extra vigilant
on the border crossings .
They have arrested over the past few months a
number of ISIL fighters suspected of staging
attacks to expand ISIL influence in Lebanon.
A US- led alliance is seeking to roll back ISIL ' s
territorial gains in Iraq and Syria .
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