article_snippet.sent: At first Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi chances of survival were deemed by Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi lieutenants to be low, but Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi pulled through.
article_snippet.sent: However, Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was left so weakened that Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi inner circle reportedly mooted the idea of naming a new leader.
article_snippet.sent: Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is slowly recovering but does not have the reins of the organisation, according to The Guardian.
article_snippet.sent: The figure included more than half of the militants on the IS ruling council.
article_snippet.sent: Among the dead jihadists was also Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, a former Iraqi army lieutenant colonel considered Baghdadi’s number two and the most senior IS militant in Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: Baghdadi death and that of as many as nine others on the IS ruling council forced Baghdadi to promote local warlords to the status of regional commanders, as Baghdadi inner circle of trusted advisers and battle-hardened loyalists became increasingly small.
article_snippet.sent: Baghdadi, 43, was the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq before founding the Islamic State in Iraq in 2010, while Baghdadi was declared head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria in 2013.
article_snippet.sent: In June last year, the Islamic State declared the Islamic State a caliphate, with Baghdadi declared as the Islamic State ‘Caliph’ or ruler.
highlights_snippet.sent: Iraqi source is slowly recovering but reportedly does not have reins of the group .