Was ISIS boss Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi injured in airstrike in May 2017?

The elusive ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was wounded in an airstrike in May last year and had to relinquish control of the dreaded terror group for up to five months, according to a media report on Wednesday.

Citing several US officials, CNN reported that American intelligence agencies have assessed with a high degree of confidence that the world's most wanted man was near Raqqa, Syria in May when the missile struck.

Their assessment is based on reports from ISIS detainees and refugees in Northern Syria that emerged months after the airstrike, the officials added.