Russia said Wednesday it supports the anti-terrorism stance of the United States after an IS leader was killed in an American raid, in a rare conciliatory gesture amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine. “We support the efforts of other countries, including members of the US-led international coalition, in the anti-terrorist direction,” Moscow’s foreign ministry said in a statement, while also calling for a “thorough investigation” should civilian casualties in the US raid be confirmed. President Joe Biden said Thursday a global “terrorist threat” was removed when t…