Syrian state television has claimed the world's most wanted terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in an airstrike, according to several reports. <br />It's not, however, the first time the leader of ISIS has been reported dead - the latest claims have been met with skepticism by many experts and could well turn out to be untrue. <br />It would certainly be in the interests of the Assad regime to claim that the world's most wanted terrorist had been killed to provide it with a short -term propaganda victory. <br />ISIS's official media wing Amaq has also not confirmed the news. <br />Al-Baghdadi, a hate preacher who has a $25million bounty on his head, had been believed to be hiding out in the desert outside the besieged city of Mosul in northern Iraq. <br />But intelligence agencies believe he escaped from the city while it was being retaken by the Iraqi army. <br />It was thought he may have been trying to get to ISIS' de facto capital in Raqqa. <br />Reports that al-Baghdadi had been killed emerged as Iraqi forces claimed that his deputy Ayad al-Jumaili, had been killed in an air strike near Iraq's border with Syria <br /> <br /> <br />Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4592694/Syrian-state-TV-claims-Abu-Bakr-al-Baghdadi-dead.html#ixzz4jhepdCNs <br />Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
