The Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed that the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was injured, and a number of the group’s members were killed in air strikes carried out by the American lead international coalition.

The Iraqi Interior Ministry confirmed that the leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was injured, and a number of the group's members were killed in air strikes carried out by the American lead international coalition.

Also twitter account claimed to belong to ISIL spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed Sunday that al-Baghdadi was hurt in US-led strike, but said he was not killed.

The leader of ISIL, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was “critically wounded” when a US-led air strike targeted the western Iraqi border town of al-Qaim at week's end, tribal sources told Arabic News Channel on Saturday.

ISIL spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani confirmed that al-Baghdadi was hurt, but said he was not killed.