isis 's abu bakr al-baghdadi has been seriously injured in an air strike and is no longer in control of the terrorist group that he was wounded by an attack from the us-led coalition while travelling in a three-car convoy in nineveh , iraq .
at first his chances of survival were deemed by his lieutenants to be low , but he pulled through .
however , he was left so weakened that his inner circle reportedly mooted the idea of naming a new leader .