Baghdad ( CNN ) -- The widow of an al Qaeda in Iraq leader has been sentenced to 20 years in prison , after being convicted of involvement in terrorism . Hasna Ali was the wife of Abu Ayyub al-Masri , one of the two top leaders of al Qaeda in Iraq who were killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation in April 2010 . Al-Masri was military leader of al Qaeda in Iraq . Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council spokesman Abdul Sattar al-Berqdar told CNN Sunday that Hasna Ali , who is from Yemen , was sentenced in an Iraqi court . Abu Ayyub al-Masri was the military leader of al Qaeda in Iraq . He was killed along with Abu Omar al-Baghdadi , who was . leader of the Islamic State of Iraq , an umbrella group that includes al Qaeda in Iraq . When they were killed more than a year ago , then-commander of U.S. Forces-Iraq Gen. Raymond Odierno called it `` potentially the most significant blow to al Qaeda in Iraq since the beginning of the insurgency . '' Journalists Fattah Mahmood Fattah and Muhaimen Najm contributed to this report .
Hasna Ali was married to Abu Ayyub al-Masri . Al-Masri , al Qaeda in Iraq 's military leader , was killed in a joint Iraqi-U.S. operation last year .