According to him, analysts of the US government will review the record and give the intelligence community the opportunity to confirm its authenticity.
"The global coalition to defeat the IS under the leadership of the United States continues to put pressure in the two countries mentioned (Iraq and Syria. - RT ) and around the world to achieve a long-term defeat of these terrorists and ensure that any of their leaders who still remain justice which they deserve, ”the agency’s source said.
Earlier, the media reported that a video with the “leader” of the IG Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was published online.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.