ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in an operation by US special forces in northeastern Syria, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, a major blow to the group.

The following report monitors the position of the world countries on the killing of Baghdadi:

- Turkey: we support the fight against terrorism
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said the killing of the group's leader marks a turning point in the joint war against terrorism. Turkey welcomes this development and will continue to support any counter-terrorism efforts as it has in the past.

"Turkey is proud of the assistance it has provided to the United States, our NATO partner," Fakhruddin Alton, a senior aide to the Turkish president, said in a statement. ".

- Iran: not important
"The killing of Baghdadi is not important, you just killed your industry," Iranian Communications Minister Mohammad Javad Azhari Jahrami said, accusing the United States of being behind the creation of the Islamic State.

"Baghdadi's death does not mean the end of the fight against ISIS terrorism, but the end of a season," government spokesman Ali Rubaie wrote on Twitter.

"The terror of ISIS is still evident, and it is growing through American policies and the region's petrodollars, and it is evident in the takfiri ideology."

- Israel: A great achievement
In a related context, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement congratulated President Trump, saying: "a major achievement led to the killing of Baghdadi."

"This reflects our common determination with the United States and all free nations to fight terrorist organizations and terrorist states. This achievement is an important milestone, but the campaign is still ahead."

Russia: Suspicions of Baghdadi Killed
On the other hand, Moscow announced that it did not have "reliable information" on the announcement of the "death of" the leader of the Islamic State "countless times," pointing to "contradictory details" raise "doubts (...) about the truth of the US operation and its success."

"The Russian Defense Ministry does not have reliable information about the activities of the US military in the area of ​​de-escalation in Idlib," Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.

He pointed out that "in recent days, there has been no air strike in the area of ​​de-escalation in Idlib (carried out) US aircraft or the so-called international coalition."

- France: a painful blow
French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the death of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is a painful blow to the extremist group, but it represents only a stage.

Macron said in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" that the final defeat of ISIS is a priority for France.

For his part, French Defense Minister Florence Barley on Twitter described the killing of Baghdadi as "an early retirement of a terrorist but not to organize it .. I congratulate our American allies on this process.

- Britain: The battle is not over
"The killing of Baghdadi is an important moment in our fight against terrorism, but the battle against ISIS evils is not over yet," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Twitter.

"After the killing of its leader, we should not allow ISIS to glorify those who committed these inhumane and abhorrent criminal acts," Foreign Minister Dominique Rapp said on Twitter. "Britain will continue to support efforts to defeat ISIS."