An anti-fundamentalist mufti was killed in Dagestan’s capital. One serviceman was killed in an IED attack in Chechnya, and a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle in Grozny. One policeman was killed in Kabardino-Balkaria. On Monday, four police officers were killed by a landmine planted by militants in Ingusetia.
Joint counterterror operations are underway for the first time in years in Ingusetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan. Security forces are chasing a gang of militants along the Chechen-Ingush border, possibly led by Chechen warlord Dokku Umarov. One militant was killed along the same border. A deputy leader was killed in Dagestan’s capital.
The leader of the Emirate has announced that this year will be the “offensive year.” With it, suicide bombings and more radicalized tactics may be returning to the scene.
Over the weekend, one policeman and one civilian were killed in Dagestan’s capital, and four gunmen were killed in Ingusetia’s Sunzha district. On Monday, four militants were arrested in Nalchick, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. Today, police are hunting a group of militants along the Ingush-Chechen border.
Chechen police killed three militants associated with Friday’s suicide bombing in Grozny; a fourth was killed while driving near Grozny. Chechen President Kadyrov dissolved the option of amnesty for militants following Friday’s attack, warning that they would be killed unless they surrender. Kavkaz Center accused Kadyrov of threatening family and friends of Mujahideen.
One security officer and four combatants have been reported killed in the ongoing counterterrorism operation in Dagestan’s Khasavyurt District. Among the dead is Arsen Asulbekov, rebel leader of the Khasavyurt group. A suicide bomber killed two police officers near the Interior Ministry in Grozny, Chechnya. The head of a detention center in Nalchick, capital of […]
A counterterrorism operation is in effect in the districts of Khasavyurt and Kazbekovski in Dagestan. Dokku Umarov recently stated the annexation of Ossetia into Ingusetia, without any specification concerning the North or South provinces. Earlier reports indicated that South Ossetia is to be included into the Emirate; therefore, it may also be recognized as an […]
Dokku Umarov, Emir of the Caucasus Emirate, announced the abolishment of North Ossetia and now considers it annexed into the more turbulent Ingusetia republic. Umarov stated that Ossetian mujahideen are now under the command of the Ingush Walid (Magas) and both areas are to be a single operational field. Dokku declared formation of Majlis al-Shura […]