article_snippet: The former wife of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was arrested by Lebanese authorities in December, is to be released and returned to the terror group that worships her, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
article_snippet: According to security sources, a deal that would release 24 Lebanese security officers being held by the Al Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front is close to being finalised and Saja al-Dulaimi would be freed as part of the hostage swap.
article_snippet: The infamous female jihadi, now thought to be married to a Palestinian, has been held in a high security prison just outside Beirut since December.
article_snippet: Saja al-Dulaimi (right), the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (left), is to be released in a prisoner swap .
article_snippet: the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (left) is pregnant and expected to give birth soon, but Lebanese security officers have cracked neither the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (left), nor – astonishingly – Hajaa, the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
article_snippet: (left) ten-year-old daughter with al-Baghdadi who was arrested with the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (left).
article_snippet: Saja al-Dulaimi is now one of 19 non-lethal terrorists who the Lebanese government has agreed can be traded for the release of the soldiers held by al-Nusra.
article_snippet: Al-Dulaimi, who was married for three months to the IS chief, defected to al-Nusra in 2013, becoming an invaluable courier for Al-Dulaimi, who was married for three months to the IS chief, defected to al-Nusra in 2013 while the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (left) was living in Tripoli.
article_snippet: The soldiers, four of whom have been executed, were abducted by al-Nusra and IS militants in the wake of clashes in the border town of Arsal in August last year.
article_snippet: Saja al-Dulaimi was married for three months to ISIS (file picture) chief, but defected to al-Nusra in 2013 .
highlights_snippet: Saja al-Dulaimi is to be released and returned to the al-Nusra terror group .
  
highlights_snippet: Female jihadi's release is part of deal to free 24 Lebanese security officers .
  
highlights_snippet: Saja al-Dulaimi was married to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi for 3 months .