Erdogan: Turkey arrested slain ISIS leader Baghdadi’s wife, other relatives

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Turkey appears to downplay US Baghdadi raid, says they captured relatives without a 'big fuss'

Turkish President Erdogan announces that arrests of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's relatives have been made without a 'big fuss'; Lucas Tomlinson reports from the Pentagon.

Turkey's president on Wednesday announced the country's forces had captured multiple relatives of slain ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, including one of the terrorist's wives -- but he also used the occasion to needle the United States for making "a fuss" about the mission that resulted in the most-wanted militant's death.

During a speech in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the arrest of one of Baghdadi's wives and confirmed previous reports that the terrorist's sister and brother-in-law had also been taken into custody by Turkey.

Meantime, President Trump tweeted Wednesday afternoon, "Just had a very good call with President @RTErdogan of Turkey. He informed me that they have captured numerous ISIS fighters that were reported to have escaped during the conflict – including a wife and sister of terrorist killer al Baghdadi."

Turkish officials said they detained Baghdadi’s older sister, Rasmiya Awad, on Monday. She was with her husband, daughter-in-law and five children when she was taken into custody.

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Baghdadi, The Associated Press reported, was known to have four wives.

Erdogan in his speech Tuesday didn't provide any other details about the detainees, but he did appear to take a shot at U.S. leaders, noting Turkey "didn't make a fuss" after capturing the trio.

"The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this," Erdogan said Wednesday. "But, I am announcing it here for the first time: We captured his wife and didn't make a fuss like them. Similarly, we also captured his sister and brother-in-law in Syria."

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Baghdadi was killed in Syria in late October in a raid carried out by U.S. troops.

Islamic State spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, considered a potential successor to Baghdadi, was himself killed in northwestern Syria in a separate attack by U.S. forces, a senior State Department official confirmed to Fox News last week.

Fox News' Talia Kaplan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.