Iraqi official: Isis leader 'injured in airstrike near Mosul'
Iraqi state television is now quoting a senior Iraqi official confirming that Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been injured in an airstrike near Mosul, ITV News understands.
US official: 10 Islamic State armed trucks hit in airstrike
US officials have said that air strikes destroyed a moving, 10-vehicle Islamic State convoy near the Iraqi city of Mosulm but added it was unclear whether the group's top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was present at the time.
A spokesman at the US military's Central Command, said the US military had reason to believe that the convoy was the product of a gathering of Islamic State leaders.
The convoy was made up of 10 Islamic State armed trucks.
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