MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 29th October, 2019) Moscow has not received official confirmation of the elimination of leader of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, spokesman for the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump announced that US forces hunted down al-Baghdadi in Syria's Idlib province. Trump said al-Baghdadi blew up himself and three accompanying children by detonating a suicide vest when he was trapped at the end of a tunnel.
"No, we have no confirmation," Peskov said in response to a corresponding question.
Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said during a press briefing on Monday that the United States is not prepared to release video or photos of the US special forces raid of al-Baghdadi's compound in Syria.
