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.
Isis leader 'injured in US airstrike' calls for 'volcanoes of jihad'
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has called for attacks in Saudi Arabia, and said his Caliphate was expanding across the Arab world and called for "volcanoes of jihad" across the globe in a speech purported to be in his name.
Baghdadi also said that a US-led military campaign against his group in Syria and Iraq was failing. ITV News cannot independently verify the speech or its content.
There had been reports that Baghdadi had been injured or killed in a US airstrike over the weekend.
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