The enigmatic leader of the jihadist group Daesh is recovering after being seriously injured in an air strike in March, UK's Guardian quoting sources reported.

According to the report, al-Baghdadi was injured in March this year in a US-led coalition air attack on the jihadists at al-Baaj district of Nineveh, close to the Syrian border. It also says al-Baghdadi suffered near-fatal wounds initially and since made a slow recovery. However, he is yet to resume his day-to-day control of the jihadist group.

Al-Baghdadi, an ambitious Iraqi jihadist believed to be in his early 40s, has a $10 million US bounty on his head. Since taking the reins of the Islamic State in 2010, he has transformed it from a local branch of al-Qaida into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.
Source: TNN