A video captured the moment a car being driven by an Islamic State suicide bomber detonated mid-air after it was flung skyward by a separate explosion.

The footage appears to show the jihadi attempting to launch an attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq, the Daily Mail reported.

As the car approaches it hits a roadside bomb which sends it flying into the air. As it begins to fall back to earth, the vehicle detonates, either because of explosives on board or the fuel tank igniting.

The car erupts in a ball of flames either due to the explosives or fuel tank igniting.

The clip was published by Kurdish forces, which have also released compilations of militants being killed or injured by backfiring mortars, malfunctioning machine guns, or misfiring rockets.

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the country needed more international help to stop the advance of the Islamic State, often known in the Middle East as Daesh.

"We are the only country with armed forces on the ground fighting Daesh. We need all the support of the world." the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.