Assad called a joke the words of trump about helping Syria to eliminate the leader of the IG

He stated this in an interview with Paris Match.

“This question always makes me laugh, because the more important question is whether al-Baghdadi is really killed and whether this beautiful comedy played by the Americans is true,” Assad commented on the possible transfer by the Syrian authorities to the United States of information about the head of the Islamic State.

Asked by a journalist why Trump expressed gratitude to Assad at the time, the Syrian president said that "this is one of his jokes."

Earlier it became known that the American leader was rewarded with a dog named Conan, who participated in the US special operation in Syria to eliminate al-Baghdadi.

October 27, Trump announced the elimination of al-Baghdadi. He thanked Russia, Iraq, Syria and the Kurds for their support in eliminating the IG leader.

The Russian Defense Ministry said there was no evidence of information about the US military conducting the operation to destroy al-Baghdadi 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.