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Islamic State Insurgency In The North Caucasus
The Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus is ongoing terror activity of the Islamic State branch in the North Caucasus after the insurgency of the Caucasus Emirate. History From 2015, during the Insurgency in the North Caucasus, after the series of killings of leaders of the Caucasus Emirate by the Russian army between 2013 and 2014, they led to the weakening of the terrorist organization, leaving several members of IS, veterans of the Syrian Civil War and the Civil War in Iraq, founded a Province of IS in the North Caucasus. On 23 June 2015, IS's spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani accepted these pledges and announced the creation of a new Wilayah, or Province, covering the North Caucasus region. Adnani named Asildarov as the IS leader of this area and called on other militants in the region to follow him. The first attack of the group occurred on a Russian military base in southern Dagestan on 2 September 2015. In a video also released in September, Asildarov called o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Caucasus
The North Caucasus, ( ady, Темыр Къафкъас, Temır Qafqas; kbd, Ишхъэрэ Къаукъаз, İṩxhərə Qauqaz; ce, Къилбаседа Кавказ, Q̇ilbaseda Kavkaz; , os, Цӕгат Кавказ, Cægat Kavkaz, inh, Даькъасте, Däq̇aste, krc, Шимал Кавказ, Şimal Kavkaz, russian: Северный Кавказ, r=Severnyy Kavkaz, p=ˈsʲevʲɪrnɨj kɐfˈkas) or Ciscaucasia (russian: Предкавказье, Predkavkazye), is a subregion of Eastern Europe in the Eurasian continent. It is the northern part of the wider Caucasus region, and is entirely a part of Russia, sandwiched between the Sea of Azov and Black Sea to the west, and the Caspian Sea to the east. The region shares land borders with Georgia (country), Georgia and Azerbaijan to the south. Krasnodar is the largest city within the North Caucasus. Politically, the North Caucasus is made up of Russian Republics of Russia, republics and krais. It lies north of the Main C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aslan Byutukayev
Aslan Avgazarovich Byutukayev (), also known as Emir Khamzat and Abubakar (22 October 1974 – 20 January 2021) was a Chechen terrorist commander in the Islamic State (IS) Wilayah al-Qawqaz, the commander of the Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade of Martyrs and a close associate of the deceased Caucasus Emirate leader Dokka Umarov. Byutukayev was listed as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist by the United States on 13 July 2016. He was killed by Russian special operatives in January 2021. Biography Until 2010, Emir Khamzat was a little-known field commander. In the summer of that year, there was a dispute between Dokka Umarov and several commanders of the Chechen wing of the Caucasus Emirate. They were Tarkhan Gaziyev, Muhannad, Aslambek Vadalov and Khuseyn Gakayev. That led to Byutukayev's rapid promotion to the commander of Chechnya's Southwestern Front. He also succeeded the slain Said Buryatsky as leader of the Caucasus Emirate's unit of suicide bombers, the Riyad-us Salihee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIbrāhīm ʿAwwād ʾIbrāhīm ʿAlī Muḥammad al-Badrī as-Sāmarrāʾī); 28 July 1971 – 27 October 2019), was an Iraqi militant and the first caliph of the Islamic State from 2014 until his death in 2019. Baghdadi was born in Samarra, Iraq, and obtained graduate degrees in Islamic theology in the late 1990s and 2000s. He joined early Salafi- jihadi groups in Iraq following the US invasion in March 2003 and was detained with Al Qaeda commanders at the American Camp Bucca in 2004. He joined al-Qaeda in Iraq there and rose through the ranks until he was appointed emir—the highest leader—in 2010. Al-Qaeda in Iraq reorganized and renamed itself into Islamic State of Iraq during this time. In June 2014, the group permanently brok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Ibrahim Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو إبراهيم الهاشمي القرشي, Abū Ibrāhīm al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī; born Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (); 1 or 5 October 1976 – 3 February 2022) was an Iraqi Islamist terrorist and the second caliph of the Islamic State. His appointment by a shura council was announced by the Islamic State media on 31 October 2019, less than a week after the death of previous leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Al-Qurashi's tenure as caliph saw the Islamic State being mostly limited to insurgent activity in the Middle East, but also make substantial advances in Africa, where IS increased its territories and influence. The U.S. Rewards for Justice Program was offering up to $10 million in exchange for information leading to al-Qurashi's apprehension. On 3 February 2022, al-Qurashi killed himself, and members of his family, by triggering a large bomb during a raid by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command. Speculatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Al-Hasan Al-Hashimi Al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), born Nour Karim al-Mutni (; died 15 October 2022), was an Iraqi terrorist and the third caliph of the Islamic State. He was named as caliph on 10 March 2022, in an audio message by the new spokesperson of IS, Abu Omar al-Muhajir, whose announcement came more than a month after the death of his predecessor Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The message said that Abu al-Hassan was given a pledge of allegiance in response to the will of the former caliph. The Turkish government claimed that he was arrested in Istanbul on 26 May 2022. Later, Islamic State sources denied news reports of his arrest in the 347th issue of their weekly newsletter '' Al-Naba''. In November 2022, Islamic State spokesman Abu Omar al-Muhajir announced that Abu al-Hasan had been killed in combat. After confirmation by the Islamic State and the United States Central Command of his de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abu Al-Hussein Al-Husseini Al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي, Abū al-Ḥusayn al-Husaynī al-Qurashī) is the fourth and current caliph of the Islamic State, starting from 30 November 2022. His position was announced by the IS spokesman Abu Omar Al-Muhajir in an audio recording stating that his predecessor Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi ( ar, أبو الحسن الهاشمي القرشي, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Hāshimī al-Qurashī), born Nour Karim al-Mutni (; died 15 October 2022), was an Iraqi terrorist and the third caliph of the Islamic Stat ... was killed in battle. Notes References Living people 21st-century caliphs Salafi jihadists Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Terrorism-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Vladimirov (politician)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladimirov (russian: Владимир Владимирович Владимиров; born on 14 October 1975), is a Russian politician who has served as the Governor of Stavropol Krai since 27 September 2014. He is the Chairman of the Government of the Stavropol Krai since 10 October 2013. Biography Vladimir Vladimirov was born in Georgievsk on 14 October 1975. At the time, his parents were sent to Kamchatka, where they parted, and Vladimir returned with his mother to the Stavropol Krai, in the city of Budennovsk. His maternal grandmother is a cook in the Kommayak canteen, and his grandfather worked in various specialties. His ancestors are Terek Cossacks. Education In 1992, he started secondary school in the city of Budennovsk. There is a training and production plant specializing in “3-grade cook-culinary specialist”. In 1997, at the Ufa State Petroleum Technical University, he earned a degree in Chemical Technology of Natural Energy Carriers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veniamin Kondratyev
Veniamin Ivanovich Kondratyev (russian: link=no, Вениамин Иванович Кондратьев; born 1 September 1970) is the governor of Krasnodar Krai in the southern European part of Russia. Biography In 1993 he graduated from the Kuban State University as a philologist and teacher of the Russian language, in 1995, the same university as a lawyer. In the public service since 1994. He worked in the Jurist Department of the administration of Krasnodar Krai from 1994 to 1995, from 1995 – in the Lawyer Department of the administration of Krasnodar Krai. From 2001 to 2003 – Deputy chief of staff, head of the Lawyer Department of administration of Krasnodar region. Since August 2003 he worked as Deputy head of administration of Krasnodar Krai on issues of property, land and legal relations. Since 30 July 2014 at work in the Main office of the Federal property of the Russian Federation the administration of the President of the Russian Federation. January 2015 – the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murat Kumpilov
Murat Karalbiyevich Kumpilov ( Adyghe: КъумпӀылэ Мурат, Q''ump'ılə'' ''Murat;'' Russian: Мурат Каральбиевич Кумпилов, ''Murat Karalbievich Kumpilov''; born on 27 February 1973) is a Russian politician and economist of Circassian origin who is currently serving as the head of the Republic of Adygea since 12 January 2017. He was previously prime minister of the republic, from 2008 to 2016. Career Murat Kumpilov was born in the village of Ulyap of the Krasnogvardeysky District in the Adyghe Autonomous Oblast on 27 February 1973. In 1989, he graduated from Ulyap secondary school number 9. In 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Kumpilov graduated from Rostov Institute of National Economy with a degree in "Economics and entrepreneurship". He became an engineer at Promagros Purchasing and Sales Association in Rostov-on-Don. In the same year, he was made Chief Auditor-Controller of the Krasnogvardeisky Office of the Federa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vyacheslav Bitarov
Vyacheslav Zelimkhanovich Bitarov (russian: Вячесла́в Зелимха́нович Бита́ров, os, Битарты Зелимханы фырт Вячеслав; born February 21, 1961, village Verhny Sadon, North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR) is a Russian politician. Head of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ... (2016—2021) Chairman of the Government of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania to 24 September 2015. He is married and has three children. References External links Биография {{DEFAULTSORT:Bitarov, Vyacheslav 1961 births Living people Ossetian people Heads of North Ossetia–Alania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Menyaylo
Sergey Ivanovich Menyaylo (Russian: Сергей Иванович Меняйло, os, Меняйло Сергей Иваны фырт; born 22 August 1960) is a Russian politician. He has been acting Head of the Republic of North Ossetia since 9 April 2021. Deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet between 2009 and 2011. He served as the Governor of Sevastopol between 2014 and 2016, but left the post when he was appointed to be a Presidential Envoy of the Siberian Federal District (2016—2021). Biography Sergey Menyaylo was born in Alagir on 22 August 1960 to a Russian father and an Ossetian mother. In 1979, he graduated as a navigational engineer, and served in the Northern Fleet. In 1990 he was elected a member of the Murmansk Regional Council. In 2008 he participated in the Russo-Georgian War. The following year, he was appointed deputy commander of the Black Sea Fleet by Presidential decree. In April 2010, he was candidate of the United Russia party for a position in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
