https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7619101/Russian-Defence-Ministry-unaware-alleged-assistance-Baghdadi-operation-RIA.html

Russia suggests ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi might still be alive and mocks 'umpteenth report' of his demise - after Moscow claimed to have killed him two years ago

• America says ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in raid at the weekend 
• Extremist cleric blew himself up during raid on compound in northwest Syria 
• Russia mocked the claim, saying it is the 'umpteenth' report of Baghdadi's death
• Moscow previously claimed to have killed Baghdadi in an airstrike in June 2017 

By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline and Ariel Zilber For Dailymail.com

Published: 15:13 GMT, 27 October 2019 | Updated: 09:20 GMT, 28 October 2019

Russia has mocked America's claim that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a raid at the weekend, calling it the 'umpteenth' report of the cleric's death.

Moscow's Defence Ministry said it 'does not have reliable information about the actions of the US army' while suggesting that the terrorist leader may still be alive.

Baghdadi has been reported dead several times since he rose to prominence as ISIS's leader in 2014, most recently by Russia - which claimed to have killed him in an airstrike in Raqqa in June 2017.  

Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for Russia's Defence Ministry, said: 'The ministry does not have reliable information about the actions of the US army in the Idlib 'de-escalation' zone... concerning the umpteenth "death" of Baghdadi.' 

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