Jordan has been on alert for possible infiltrations by IS extremists who seized territories in Syria and Iraq in 2014.
In April a documentary claimed the world's most wanted man, who has a bounty of A$34 million on his head, avoided capture by Iraqi special forces "by minutes" after escaping through a trapdoor.
News of Baghdadi's reported demise was met with widespread skepticism since similar reports have been proven false in the past, the Jerusalem Post reported.
Since then, there have been numerous Islamic State led attacks across the globe.
'We're doing everything we can.
According to AFP, citing official Iraqi documents, Baghdadi was born in Samarra in 1971. It remains unconfirmed for now, as ISIS has not yet released a statement.
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Meanwhile, The New York Times reported on Saturday that the US-led coalition had used white phosphorus in Raqqa, the use of which is banned, under worldwide law, in populated areas. He apparently joined the insurgency that erupted after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq and spent time in an American military prison. That same month, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pledged that it was only a "matter of time" before the ISIS leader was killed.
The fighting - backed by bombing from the US-led coalition - left at least 12 IS jihadists dead in al Romaniya, the SDF said.
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US-backed Syrian fighters broke into the western part of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Saturday, they and a monitor said, opening up a second front inside the northern Syrian city. Since the launch of the battle, SDF has been able to successfully penetrate two neighborhoods within the city.
On Thursday, Kurdish militia - backed by coalition air power and American combat advisers - seized much of eastern Raqqa's al Mishlab neighborhood and established their first foothold there, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
A spokesperson from Maghawir al-Thawra told Asharq Al-Awsat: "We and the International Coalition have warned regime forces to stay 55 to 75 kilometers away from the camp or else they would be treated in the proper manner".
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