(MENAFN) Following an Iraqi airstrike aimed at him during a meeting with a host of IS leaders in Syria last June, an Islamic State (IS) chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is believed to be "clinically dead," Iraqi News quoted a security source was quoted as saying.
"Iraqi warplanes launched an airstrike inside the Syrian territories in June, targeting a meeting of Islamic State leaders, where the group's chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was present," the source told AlSumaria News on Monday.
According to the source, the airstrike left al-Baghdadi mortally wounded, prompting the group's leaders to nominate Abu Othman al-Tunisi to succeed him.
The nomination of al-Tunisi, however, has caused severe disputes within the group.
"The strike also left a large number of Islamic State commanders dead and wounded," added the source.
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