some sources claim the ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was injured while others say he and his deputy had been killed
Air strike: Sources have said the groups leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, top left, may have been hit in the raid against the terror group
Unconfirmed reports suggests that top Islamic State commanders may have been killed when coalition forces targeted the terror group with air strikes.
There is yet to be a confirmation from US officials whether ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was present at a meeting in a house in al-Qaim, a town on the Iraq-Syria border.
Mirror UK reports that a convoy of 10 trucks were destroyed in the strike and the militants rushed to a nearby hospital, using loudspeakers to ask for blood donors.
And some sources claim the ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was injured while others say he and his deputy had been killed.
It was gathered that the bodies of some fifty ISIS fighters have been deposited at a morgue in Mosul.
In a statement, US Central Command said: "This strike demonstrates the pressure we continue to place on the IS terrorist network and the group's increasingly limited freedom to manoeuvre, communicate and command."
At least eight people are said to have been killed after the air strike also hit a local market.
The strikes come after it was announced America would be sending 1,500 more troops to Iraq to help loosen the extremist organisation’s stranglehold on the country.
The Pentagon said the troops would have a non-combat role and would train and assist Iraqi forces engaged in bitter fighting with ISIS, which has been bringing death and destruction to large parts of Iraq and Syria.
President Barack Obama authorised the deployment following a request from Iraq's government, the Pentagon added.
The additional soldiers will join the 1,600 military advisers that are already in the country.
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