Chechnya
Widow of Omar al-Shishani detained in Istanbul
The widow of the Georgian-born former Islamic State Minister of War, Tarkhan Batirashvili, aka Abu Omar al-Shishani, has been detained on the outskirts of Istanbul. Turkish authorities announced on Thursday that Seda Dudurkayeva was detained by Turkish special services on 4 July. Dudurkayeva, a native of Chechnya, was detained with five others including two young boys. According to Turkish newspaper Vatan, all the detainees were accused of being associated with IS. Dudurkayeva’s husband,
