ISIS Leader Dead, According to Syria Monitoring Group

A member of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) raises the victory gesture as others hold upside-down the black flag of the Islamic State (IS) group, outside the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, after the area was retaken from IS, on June 30, 2017. FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights stated via its social media channels that it has confirmed the death of the ISIS terrorist group’s leader. If true, this would corroborate earlier reports out of Russia that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in airstrikes in Raqqa during a meeting of ISIS leaders in May.

The London-based organization told CBS that a “1st tier and two 2nd tier ISIS commanders” confirmed the news.