US President Donald Trump said Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was eliminated after he was found hiding in Africa.

He will no longer terrorise people: Second-in-command leader of ISIS killed by American forces. Who was Abu-Bilal al-Minuki?

The Islamic State supremo Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who President Donald Trump on Sunday confirmed was killed during a US military operation in Syria, had been announced dead several times since 2014.

Baghdadi: Pronounced dead many times

In the middle of the night amid the olive trees of northwest Syria, Abu Ahmad heard soldiers "speaking a foreign language" attack the home next door. The 55-year-old said he had repeatedly tried and failed to befriend his discreet neighbour in the village of Barisha in Idlib province.

After ISIS leader raid, Syria villagers tell of quiet neighbour

US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, in a major blow to the jihadist group.

ISIS leader died 'whimpering and crying' after running into a dead-end tunnel, says Trump 