Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili
After being discharged from the Georgian military, Batirashvili became jihadist and served in various command positions with Islamist militant groups fighting in the Syrian Civil...
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Shamil Izmaylov
Before arriving in Syria in 2012, Izmaylov trained in and later set up his own training center in Egypt. In mid-2013, he established his own...
Rustam Aselderov
Aselderov is a former commander of the North Caucasus extremist group Caucasus Emirate, and the current leader of ISIL-CP (The Islamic State of Iraq and...
Tarkhan Ismailovich Gaziyev
Gaziyev has been involved in the Chechen insurgency since 2003. In 2007, he became the Caucasus Emirate Commander of the Southwestern Front of the Province...
Akhmed Chatayev
Chatayev is believed to have been involved in recruiting fighters for IS. As of mid-2015, Chatayev was a member of ISIL and was part of...
Islam Seit-Umarovich Atabiyev
Atabiyev swore an oath of allegiance to ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in December 2013. Atabiyev who also goes by Abu Jihad, is an ethnic...
Zaurbek Guchayev
Guchayev, who uses the alias Abdul Aziz, was believed to be involved with a group called the Caucasus Emirate, which was set up eight years...