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Al Sumaria TV channel reported terrorists have admitted their leader was killed in air strikes in the Iraqi province of Nineveh.

And now the respected Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had "confirmed information" that Al-Baghdadi has been killed.

His death will come as a damaging blow to ailing ISIS, who are being forced back in de-facto capital Raqqa and have been defeated in Mosul.

Various reports have previously said the jihadi boss was dead, however this is the first time ISIS has confirmed the news.

An Iranian military source said the target had been killed, after Russia also made the announcement following an airstrike.

Daily Star Online recently reported how a preacher was killed after being set on fire because he spilled news of al-Baghdadi's killing.

It also comes after ISIS poster girl Sally Jones vowed to stay in Syria and fight to her death for the evil cult.

The jihadi is one of the the most wanted women in the world, and the jihadi nuts may be looking to use her as its new face of the group.

Al-Baghdadi's demise will seriously hurt ISIS efforts in the Middle East following a string of key losses.

Militants were recently spotted throwing themselves into a river to escape the battlefield in Mosul, the Iraqi city the terror unit has lost.

The country's defence ministry said at the time: "According to the information which is now being checked via various channels, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was eliminated by the air strike, was also present at the meeting."

The impact of the strike was said to have been so powerful, many jihadis were completly liquidated.

An Iraqi observer recently said: "The Iraqi government is right in saying that the greatest battle in its war against ISIS is effectively over."