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Abu Rayana al-Britani was reportedly shot while leading an assault on the village of al-Hamidah. According to the group’s newsletter al-Naba, al-Britani was killed after “clashes intensified” in the village.

“He threw an RPG shell […] then they head the crack of a shot and [al-Britani] fell,” the propaganda sheet claimed.

The newsletter also claimed that al-Britani was in his 30s and was born into a “conservative family” in the UK.

He was known as Yunus in his homeland, and Islamic State said when he was younger was involved in gangs.

He “was thrown in prison many times”, al-Naba said.

Al-Britani became radicalised after the invasion of Iraq and travelled to Yemen for terrorist training.

The newsletter said that after returning to the UK, he worked to radicalise Christians and convert them to Islam.

That included one “disciple” who “became hostile to the Christians” and “killed one of the main guys harming Muslims” in Britain.

According to the Sun, anti-terror officers are understood to be attempting to establish whether the admission in al-Naba links al-Britani to a killing carried out on British soil.

In 2011, Al-Britaini returned to Yemen “for jihad”, IS claimed, adding that he was able to bring over other foreign fighters to take part in the country’s civil war.

The Yemeni civil war began in 2014 and is ongoing.

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It started when Huthi rebels captured the capital city of Sanaa.

This in turn prompted a Saudi-led coalition to intervene, propping up the government led by President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.

Both sides claim to constitute the official government of Yemen. There are other factions involved in the conflict, including Islamic State.

It is estimated that over 100,000 people have been killed in Yemen as a result of the conflict, including more than 12,000 civilians.

It is also estimated that more than 85,000 have died as a result of an ongoing famine due to the war.

Since 2017, the US has carried out airstrikes in the region on known Islamic State targets.

Western forces including the UK have backed the Saudi-led coalition in the war, including the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia.

In March, Boris Johnson did not rule out deploying troops in Yemen as part of a future UN mission – but said conditions in the country would have to be “very different”.

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