Senior Turkish officials said the ISIS (the terrorist group banned in Russia) new leader has been captured in a recent raid in Istanbul.
Anti-terrorism police and intelligence agents detained a man they believe has led the jihadist 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.
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 ISIS leader.
