Islamic State Chief's Ex-Wife And Daughter Freed In Prisoner Swap

Daily Beast: The Caliph’s Ex Gets Traded to Qaeda

Lebanon and Qatar brokered the prisoner exchange, which caught U.S. officials completely by surprise. But no one knows why.

Lebanese officials released the ex-wife of the leader of the self-proclaimed Islamic State on Tuesday in exchange for 16 Lebanese soldiers and a policeman captured by Syria’s al Qaeda affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra.

Qatar brokered the trade and American national security officials were befuddled by it.

Saja al-Dulaimi, who is believed to be in her 30s, was one of 13 Islamists released as part of the trade. Wearing a silver hijab with gold butterflies that covered her hair and face, al-Dulaimi said in a brief interview after her handover that she may have been briefly married to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seven years but wasn’t really sure because there was no ISIS then.

It was the first footage ever captured of her. Before all that existed was one photo.

WNU editor: Her current husband is a commander in the Al Qaeda affiliated group Al-Nusra. Hmmm .... someone should tell her that she is not lucky in selecting husbands.