MOSCOW: The Russian army on Friday said it was seeking to verify whether Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed after its warplanes hit the group's leaders in a night raid in Syria last month.

The United States said it could not immediately confirm Baghdadi's death.

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