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 . 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 . 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 . Saja al-Dulaimi ( right ) , the ex-wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( left ) , is to be released in a prisoner swap . She is pregnant and expected to give birth soon , but Lebanese security officers have cracked neither her , nor – astonishingly – Hajaa , her ten-year-old daughter with al-Baghdadi who was arrested with her . 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 . Al-Dulaimi , who was married for three months to the IS chief , defected to al-Nusra in 2013 , becoming an invaluable courier for them while she was living in Tripoli . The soldiers , four of whom have been executed , were abducted by the al-Nusra and IS militants in the wake of clashes in the border town of Arsal in August last year . Al-Dulaimi was married for three months to the ISIS ( file picture ) chief , but defected to al-Nusra in 2013 .
Saja al - Dulaimi is to be released and returned to the al - Qaeda terror camp . Female jihadi 's release is part of efforts to free 24 Lebanese security officers . Al - Dulaimi was married to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al - Baghdadi for 3 months .