ISIS leader Baghdadi dead? Russia wants more proof

Russia claims it witnessed no American strikes on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia and RT Arabic ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, in Sochi, Russia, in this undated picture released on October 13, 2019 (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends an interview with Al Arabiya, Sky News Arabia and RT Arabic ahead of his visit to Saudi Arabia, in Sochi, Russia, in this undated picture released on October 13, 2019
(photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj.-Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that Russia does not have “reliable” data about the claim made by US President Donald Trump that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is, in fact, dead, CNN reported
 
Konashenkov argued that Russia did not have any intel on air strikes made by American forces on the “Idlib de-escalation zone.”
Trump claimed that eight helicopters were involved and thanked a wide coalition of partners, including the Russians, for making the operation possible. 
 
Even if al-Bahdadi is dead, the point of view he presented is that such a feat would have “no operational significance” as it was Russian support of Syria’s President Bashar Assad that defeated ISIS.