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Hudhayfah al-Badri, head of the Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs, the IS propaganda agency said on Tuesday.
Al- Badri was killed in an "operation against the Nussayriyyah and the Russians at the thermal power station in Homs,"
Nussayriyyah is the term used by IS for the Alawite sultan al-Assad
IS declared a cross-border 'caliphate' in Syria and Iraq in 2014, seizing a third of Iraq during an offensive sweeping.
The jihadists have since lost Syria and Iraqi forces are more likely to be in the US, and the jihadist is in the lead.
The Islamic State group is estimated to be one of the leading countries in Syria. territory. [19
The group's leading Baghdadi, who has been pronounced dead on several occasions, remains alive in Syrian territory by the Iraqi border, an Iraqi intelligence official said in May. Baghdadi was born in Iraq, Baghdadi has been dubbed "the most wanted man on the planet" and the United States is offering a $ 25 million reward for his capture.
The Iraqi official said to be the leader of the jihadist after Iraqi forces captured five top IS commanders in an unprecedented raid in Syria on March 24.
Last September, in the last voice message attributed to Baghdadi, the IS leader called on his fighters in Syria and Iraq to 'resist' their enemies.
He had four children with his first wife and his second wife.
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