IS spokesman Adnani 'wounded' in Iraqi airstrike

"There are confirmed reports that the terrorist known as Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the spokesman of the Daesh terrorists, was wounded in an airstrike in the region of Barwana," said the army's statement on state television, using the Arabic acronym for the IS group.

Colonel Steve Warren, spokesman for the international coalition, could not confirm the Iraqi military report but said Adnani had not been targeted by a coalition air strike.

Adnani, real name Taha Subhi Falah, is a senior Syrian leader in IS. He was reportedly one of the first foreign jihadists to enter Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003.

On Tuesday, US airstrikes on IS positions killed several of its leaders, including the "war minister", and destroyed a military camp used by the militants, according to Pentagon officials.

A reportedly leading IS commander, Thamer al-Mahlawi, was killed in an attack on the group's convoy on Tuesday south of Haditha in western Anbar, a local security source from the province told The New Arab.

"The airstrike destroyed most of the convoy's vehicles and many of the organisation's leaders were killed, including the IS war minister," he added.

Mahlawi had been leading operations in Haditha, where the militant group had recently stepped up attacks after losing Ramadi to the Iraqi army.