Syrian state television reported on Tuesday morning that the self-proclaimed “caliph” of the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) was killed by a U.S. Coalition airstrike in the Al-Raqqa Governorate last week.

Reports about Ibrahim Abu Bakr Baghdadi’s death first surfaced last week after several ISIS social media activists posted about the terrorist leader being severely wounded by an airstrike in Al-Raqqa.

However, the Pentagon could not confirm whether or not the Islamic State leader was killed by their airstrike last week.

This is not the first time that Baghdadi has been reported “dead”; furthermore, the Islamic State’s official media wing, Al-‘Amaq, has not confirmed this news.

If Baghdadi was killed by a Coalition airstrike, Al-‘Amaq will officially announce his “martyrdom” via several social media platforms.

(Al Masdar News)