(CNN) -- U.S. warplanes attacked a convoy near Mosul in Iraq this weekend in an attempt to kill ISIS leaders, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. Col. Patrick Ryder, in a statement Saturday, said he could not confirm that top ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in the convoy. Ryder issued that information in response to news reports indicating the ISIS leader may have died or been injured. "I can confirm that coalition aircraft did conduct a series of airstrikes yesterday evening in Iraq against what was assessed to be a gathering of ISIL leaders near Mosul, destroying a vehicle convoy consisting of 10 ISIL armed trucks," Ryder said, using another acronym for ISIS.U.S. tried to kill ISIS leaders with airstrike on convoy near Mosul, official saysOfficial can't confirm top Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was in convoyAirstrike kills 15, hurts 31 in Al-Qaim, an ISIS stronghold in Iraq, resident saysIraq welcomes news that U.S. will send another 1,500 troops
On Saturday, _ welcomed the U.S.-led coalition decision to provide more support in training and arming the Iraqi armed forces to help fight ISIS, but added "this step is a little late."