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Shamima Begum.Credit:London Metropolitan Police

In a day of conflicting reports about the baby's fate,lawyer Tasnime Akunjee tweeted that he had"strong but as yet unconfirmed reports that Shamima Begum's son has died. He was a British citizen."He declined to provide further details.

Then,Bali tweeted that the reports were"fake"and the baby"is alive and healthy."But he later deleted the tweet without explanation,and shortly after confirmed the baby's death.

The British government couldn't confirm the reports.

But,quoting a paramedic working for the Kurdish Red Crescent,the BBC reported that the infant was taken to a camp clinic Thursday morning after the child began having trouble breathing. The baby died of pneumonia in the early afternoon Thursday,the broadcaster reported.

In interviews last month,Begum stated her desire to return to Britain while also playing down the brutality of ISIS'crimes. In an interview withThe Times,she said seeing a severed head in a bin"didn't faze me at all"and said that living under the Islamic State had matched her aspirations.

"It actually really did. It was like a normal life,"she said,adding that she did not regret joining the Islamic State.

She also said she wanted to return to Europe,citing the difficult conditions of the camp:"I'm scared this baby is going to get sick in this camp. That's why I really want to get back to Britain,because I know it will be taken care of,like,health-wise,at least."

Begum was 15 when she and two friends left London to marry IS fighters in Syria in 2015,at a time when the group's online recruitment program lured many impressionable young people to its self-proclaimed caliphate.

London teenager Shamima Begum pictured at London's Heathrow Airport when making her way to join Islamic State in 2015.Credit:Metropolitan Police

Begum recently resurfaced in a refugee camp,and gave birth last month.

Begum,now 19,told journalists that she wanted to raise her son in Britain,but the government revoked her citizenship. Begum told reporters that she had lost two other children to malnutrition and disease.

Her Dutch jihadi husband Yago Riedijk,who is in a Kurdish-run detention centre,said last week that he wanted to return to the Netherlands with Begum and their son.

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid said last month he had revoked Begum's citizenship - even while saying he wouldn't make a decision that would render a person stateless. Javid also confirmed that Begum's son was a British citizen,though he said it would be"incredibly difficult"to facilitate the return of a child from Syria.

Begum's parents are from Bangladesh but her family says she isn't a dual citizen. The family has said it plans to challenge Javid's decision.

AP,The New York Times