Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq confirmed Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a divorcee of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as he accused Hizbullah of staging a “showoff” stunt in the wake of the release of its captive fighter Imad Ayyad.

“The detained woman is a lady who has been married three times, one of them to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and they have a daughter from their marriage, the thing that has been confirmed through DNA tests,” Mashnouq said during an interview on MTV.

Lebanese judicial and military sources insisted Wednesday that a woman detained in Lebanon is a wife of Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as Iraq denied the allegations.

“DNA tests have confirmed that the Iraqi woman detained in Lebanon, Saja al-Dulaimi, is a wife of al-Baghdadi,” Turkey's Anatolia news agency quoted a Lebanese judicial source as saying.

Health Minister Wael Abou Faour slammed on Wednesday the situation at the Beirut slaughterhouse, demanding a judicial investigation in the case following the revelation that a number of its workers are suffering or passed away from diseases caused from exposure to the poor conditions at the establishment.

He said during a press conference: “Eighteen to 19 workers died of cancer due to the poor hygiene at the facility.”

The March 14 forces on Wednesday called for "activating" the UK-built military watchtowers on Lebanon's eastern border with Syria, as they voiced support for the upcoming dialogue between al-Mustaqbal movement and Hizbullah.

“The battle against terrorism is part of an international battle,” the March 14 General Secretariat said in a statement issued after its weekly meeting, noting that the government must “benefit from the global campaign by obtaining information and assets” that can help it in its anti-terror fight.

The Maronite Bishops Council condemned on Wednesday the violation of the constitution in Lebanon through the parliament's extension of its own term and failure to elect a new president.

It said in a statement after its monthly meeting: “We question how the parliament extended its term and failed to elect a president.”

Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil said on Wednesday on the last leg of his tour to West Africa that the Lebanese officials should end their disputes and resolve the problems of Lebanese expatriates.

“We should work hand in hand and put our political and sectarian differences aside, in particular when we talk about the issue of Lebanese expats,” said Bassil during a ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub.

Hizbullah denied on Wednesday reports saying that the party secured the safe release of a member, who was held by a Syrian rebel group, in exchange for a Syrian who was in the custody of the Lebanese authorities.

“The report that was published in An Nahar newspaper on Tuesday is completely false,” Hizbullah's press office said.

One soldier was killed and two others wounded when an explosion hit an army unit as soldiers approached a bomb to defuse it on the outskirts of Arsal.

“An army unit found at 7:30 am a bomb while combing the area on the outskirts of Arsal,” the military said in a communique.

The alleged wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is procrastinating during investigations and refusing to admit that she has any relation with the Islamic State chief as media reports said that the arrest of the wife of a prominent Nusra Front official could end the abduction of Lebanese servicemen.

According to As Safir newspaper published on Wednesday, investigations are ongoing with Iraqi national Saja Hamid al-Dulaimi, who was detained 10 days ago at an army checkpoint at al-Madfoun Bridge in the North after the military obtained information that she intends to move to Beirut.

Lebanon was ranked in 136th place in a survey carried out by graft watchdog Transparency International, dropping one point to a score of 27, a sign of a small rise in corruption compared to the past years.

Transparency International ranks 175 countries on a scale of 0-100, where zero means very corrupt and 100 signifies very clean. This year the average score was 43, and 84 percent of countries, including Lebanon, were below 50.