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Turkey detains Islamic State’s new leader
Senior Turkish officials said Islamic State’s new leader has been captured raid in Istanbul.
Anti-terrorism police and intelligence agents detained a man they believe has led the group since its previous chief was killed in a US operation in Syria in February, the officials said, asking not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, Bloomberg reported.
Turkish news website OdaTV identified the arrested man as Abu al-Hassan al-Qurayshi without saying how it obtained the information.
Previous reports have given a similar name for the new Islamic State (ISIS) leader.
