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Monday, July 17, 2017
Kremlin says ‘contradictory’ reports on Baghdadi death
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMoscow says it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead or alive, a month after reporting his possible demise.
The Russian army said in June that it was trying to verify information that its jets killed Baghdadi during a bombing raid near the IS stronghold of Raqqa in Syria.
But over a month after the announcement Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Russia still had “no more precise information” on Baghdadi’s fate.
“The information coming in is contradictory and is being checked by the relevant agencies,” he says.
Baghdadi, the undisputed leader of global jihadism, has been rumored wounded or killed a number of times in the past.
— AFP
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