ROME: Media reports claim that United States led air strike on IS’s stronghold of Raqqa in northern Syria has reportedly killed the Islamic State (IS) group’s chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Sunday. Citing Arabic media as the source of the news, the Turkish daily Yeni Safak published a report on Monday which said that Baghdadi was killed in air raids conducted on Syria. The daily also said that local media was citing the news agency al-Amaq, which leans towards the IS group, also known as ISIS. “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed by coalition air strikes on Raqqa on the fifth day of Ramadan,” the daily quoted the agency as saying in a statement released on behalf of ISIS to report that the self-proclaimed “Caliph” had died. However, the US-led coalition, which reportedly carried out the air raid in the northern Syrian city, is yet to make a statement.