--- description: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hit Saturday during a meeting with militants, though not much is known title: ISIS Leader Injured in Air Atrike image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8374842470de4af8/698767e235ba6f5d9ec053b8/al-baghdadi.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Iraq](/tag/iraq/) ## Iraq Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # ISIS Leader Injured in Air Strike, Iraqi Officials Say  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2014 8:31 PM CUT  The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq in this image made from a video posted on a militant website on July 5, 2014 The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq in this image made from a video posted on a militant website on July 5, 2014AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 9, 2014 8:31 PM CUT Iraqi authorities announced on Sunday that an [air strike wounded Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi](http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/793745e40c504f7480464545c57c5763/iraqi-officials-say-leader-wounded-airstrike "undefined"), leader of the militant group the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS). He was hit Saturday in the town of Qaim in Iraq’s Anbar province during a meeting with militant forces, anonymous Iraqi officials told the Associated Press. The Defense and Interior Ministries of Iraq said in statements that al-Baghdadi was injured, but they did not elaborate on the injury or the air strike. The Pentagon offered no additional information. Since al-Baghdadi, thought to be in his early 40s, took over the militants in 2010, he has grown it from a local al-Qaeda branch into a powerful, independent Islamist extremist group. The U.S. and allied forces [began launching air strikes](http://time.com/3419906/u-s-launches-airstrike-campaign-against-isis-in-syria/ "undefined") against ISIS targets in September. \[[_AP_](http://www.bigstory.ap.org/article/793745e40c504f7480464545c57c5763/iraqi-officials-say-leader-wounded-airstrike "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3574895/isis-leader-injured-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3574895/isis-leader-injured-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/"},"headline":"ISIS Leader Injured in Air Strike, Iraqi Officials Say","datePublished":"2014-11-09T20:31:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:19:27.665Z","description":"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was hit Saturday during a meeting with militants, though not much is known","url":"https://time.com/3574895/isis-leader-injured-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/","keywords":["Iraq","ISIS"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8374842470de4af8/698767e235ba6f5d9ec053b8/al-baghdadi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8374842470de4af8/698767e235ba6f5d9ec053b8/al-baghdadi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"This image made from video posted on a militant website on July 5, 2014 purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq.","caption":"This image made from video posted on a militant website on July 5, 2014 purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq.","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/iraq/","name":"Iraq"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3574895/isis-leader-injured-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi/","name":"ISIS Leader Injured in Air Strike, Iraqi Officials Say"}}]}] ```