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Caucasus Emirate (Имарат Кавказ)
Caucasus Emirate (Imarat Kavkaz), jihadist polity proclaimed by Dokka Umarov in October 2007 replacing Chechen Republic of Ichkeria; six vilayats, Salafist ideology, attacks including Volgograd 2013; declined after 2014-2015 defections to Islamic State.
Dokka Umarov (Доку Хаматович Умаров)
Dokka Umarov (Доку Хаматович Умаров), also Doku Umarov, Chechen militant commander, last president of Ichkeria and emir of the Caucasus Emirate from 2007; threatened the 2014 Sochi Olympics, UN-sanctioned 2011, reported dead March 2014.
Ibn al-Khattab (ابن الخطاب)
Ibn al-Khattab (ابن الخطاب), Samir al-Suwaylim, 1969–2002, Saudi jihadist who fought in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Chechnya, led Arab foreign fighters with Basayev, and was assassinated by the FSB in 2002.
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Insurgency in the North Caucasus: low-level Islamist and formerly nationalist rebellion against Russia after the two Chechen wars, centered on the Caucasus Emirate (2007–2015), weakened by Syria departures, with sporadic IS-linked violence persisting, including the June 2024 Dagestan church and synagogue attacks.