List of clashes in the North Caucasus in 2015

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Caucasus Emirate Former terrorist Jihadist organisation

The Caucasus Emirate, also known as the Caucasian Emirate or Emirate of Caucasus, was a terrorist Jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of Syria and previously in the North Caucasus region of Russia. Its intention was to expel the Russian presence from the North Caucasus and to establish an independent Islamic emirate in the region. The Caucasus Emirate also referred to the state that the group sought to establish. Partially a successor to the secessionist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, it was officially announced on 7 October 2007, by former President of Ichkeria Dokka Umarov, who became its first emir.

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The insurgency in the North Caucasus was a low-level armed conflict between Russia and militants associated with the Caucasus Emirate and, from June 2015, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) groups in the North Caucasus. It followed the official end of the decade-long Second Chechen War on 16 April 2009. It attracted people from the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and Central Asia, who then participated in the conflict, but volunteers from the North Caucasus were also fighting in Syria.

History of Dagestan

Historically, Dagestan consisted of a federation of mountainous principalities in the eastern part of the North Caucasus. Located at the crossroads of world civilizations of north and south, Dagestan was the scene of clashes of interests of many states and until the early 19th century most notably that of between Persian Empire (Iran) and Imperial Russia.

The following lists events from the year 2013 in Russia.

Islamic State – Caucasus Province

The Islamic State – Caucasus Province was a branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), that was active in the North Caucasus region of Russia. IS announced the group's formation on 23 June 2015 and appointed Rustam Asildarov as its leader. Although it was destroyed by 2017, some lone wolves acted on behalf of the Caucasus Province for several years afterwards.

References

  1. ↑ "Five are wounded in explosion in Chechnya". Vestnikkavkaza.net. Retrieved 2015-06-26.
  2. ↑ "Russia attack: IS claims shooting in Dagestan", Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ "One killed, 11 injured in gun attack at fortress in southern Russia - RIA cites official". Reuters . 30 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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