Bashar al-Assad commented on US statements on the destruction of al-Baghdadi

As the head of state noted, official Damascus learned about the operation against the head of a terrorist group only through the media.

“Perhaps the reason for including a number of countries in the operation is to give it credibility so that these countries do not feel embarrassed, but would like to become part of the“ great ”operation, as the Americans tried to portray it,” Assad quotes SANA.

The President emphasized that Syria does not have data on whether there was an operation to eliminate al-Baghdadi at all.

“Radars have not recorded any aircraft. Why didn’t the remains of al-Baghdadi be shown? This is similar to the scenario with Osama bin Laden, ”he said.

As the Syrian leader added, the head of the Islamic State can be replaced at any time by re-creating under a new name and a new mask.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump said that American soldiers destroyed the first deputy al-Baghdadi.

October 27, Trump announced that the leader of the IG was eliminated during the US special operation in Syria.

In turn, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that there was no evidence of information about the US military conducting an operation to destroy the leader of the “Islamic State” in Syrian Idlib.

* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.