An undisclosed number of ISIS leaders were killed after one member set off an explosion during a meeting.

The terror group is desperate to regain territory after a string of defeats.

Per Daily Mail:

ISIS commanders have been killed after one of the group’s suicide bombers blew himself up at a meeting following the terrorists’ collapse in Mosul. The jihadi detonated explosives during a meeting in Qaim District in the west of the Anbar Province and the blast killed a number of leaders as well as himself. It comes as Islamic State lost more ground in their last major stronghold in Iraq with the terror group’s numbers depleted and confined to an area of about a square kilometre in the Old City.

The explosion is a result of efforts by the terror group to increase their suicide bombing tactics:

There have been 80 suicide bombings by ISIS in the past four days, according to the BBC, and with the terror group facing extinction in Mosul, it appears their motive has now turned to taking as many casualties as they can with them. The most recent attack, which targeted the terror group’s own hierarchy, happened near the Iraqi-Syrian border, according to Iraqi News. Anbar Province, where the jihadi blew himself up, is still under ISIS control, but a huge offensive is underway to liberate the area.