Russia has no confirmation of IS leader Baghdadi’s death: Interfax
Moscow said on Friday its forces may have killed the secretive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but Washington said it could not corroborate the death.
world Updated: Jun 20, 2017 17:40 IST
Russia said on Tuesday it could not confirm that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in an air strike in Syria last month, the Interfax news agency quoted deputy foreign minister Gennady Gatilov as saying.
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Another story out there indeed, claims he has escaped. But who knows, stories before have had he was seriously injured, close to paralysis, poisoned and even killed before.