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Iraq says it has hit the convoy of the chief of Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in an airstrike in the western Anbar Province.

In a statement on Sunday, the Iraqi military said the country's Air Force had hit the convoy of Ibrahim al-Samarrai aka Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but added that his fate is as of yet unknown "as he was carried to a vehicle."

Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman Saad Maan said the strike took place “Saturday, at noon.”

"The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the criminal terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi," the statement said.

Iraqi media say Samarrai, injured in the airstrike, was moved quickly from the scene of the attack.

The statement by the Iraqi military said the elite intelligence section of Iraqi Air Force targeted the convoy of the terrorist leader after gathering precise information about Samarrai's plan to attend a meeting of Daesh operatives in the restive province of al-Anbar.

It added that “the Hawks Cell of the Interior Ministry was able to carry out a brave operation through bombing the convoy of the terrorist criminal Ibrahim al-Samaraei."

The venue of the planned meeting in the town of Karabelah was also bombed by Iraqi warplanes with an unknown number of senior members of Daesh killed.

Samarrai's "health condition is still unknown and we will publish soon the names of the terrorists who were killed in this heroic operation," the statement said.

Hospital sources and residents said a number of Daesh Takfiri leaders were killed in the airstrike in a western Iraqi town, but Samarrai was not among them.