ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has reportedly fled to Libya after he narrowly escaped an airstrike in Iraq

The self-declared Caliph is believed to have moved to the group's North African stronghold of Sirte, the hometown of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, according to reports.

Iranian news agency FARS claims Baghdadi was taken to Turkey for treatment after suffering serious injuries in an air strike in October by Iraq's air force in Western Anbar province. 

He was initially taken to the group's de facto capital of Raqqa in Syria, where doctors saved his life, but a shortage of specialised medical equipment meant he needed to be moved, the report said.