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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish interior minister says Turkey has captured an "important" figure within the Islamic State group in Syria.
Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday that the suspect is still being interrogated but did not name the figure or provide further details.
Turkey has said it captured and detained several members of the family of the slain Islamic State group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including one of his wives, his sister and a daughter.
Al-Baghdadi blew himself up during an Oct. 26 raid by U.S. special forces on his heavily fortified safe house in the Syrian province of Idlib.
Turkey has been publicizing its efforts to catch IS members, following criticism that its recent military offensive to drive Syrian Kurdish fighters from northeast Syrian would lead to an IS resurgence.
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