An Iraqi official denied on Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group.
The denial comes a day after Lebanese officials told media outlets that the authorities are holding a woman believed to be al-Baghdadi's wife.
They said she was detained for traveling with a fake ID.
The reports said the army arrested her more than 10 days ago at a checkpoint at al-Madfoun Bridge in the North.
The driver of the car and her 4-year-old daughter and two younger boys were also arrested.
The army has not issued a communique to confirm the arrests.
Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan Ibrahim told The Associated Press that the woman is Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi national who traveled to Syria before arriving in Lebanon.
Ibrahim said she is the sister of Omar al-Dulaimi, who is held in Iraq as a terror suspect.
He added al-Baghdadi has two wives but neither is named Saja al-Dulaimi.
