International Terrorism: Middle East, Eurasia, and beyond: Caucasus

formerly known as the Muhajireen Brigade (Katibat al-Muhajireen), is an Islamist jihadist group made up of Chechen and other Russian-speaking foreign fighters, and native Syrians, that has been active in the Syrian civil war against the Syrian Government

In the late 1990s, the Djamaat, heavily influenced by militant Wahhabism, declared independence and ejected Dagestani officials from the area

After several years of inactivity, Riyad-us Saliheen was reactivated by the Caucasus Emirate in 2009 under the command of Said Buryatsky

Высший военный маджлисуль шура объединённых сил моджахедов Кавказа is a terrorist group active in Russia

A branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), active in the North Caucasus region of Russia

Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili. Georgian-born commander for the Islamic State in Syria and a former sergeant in the Georgian Army.

Emir Aslambek, is a Chechen rebel leader fighting in the North Caucasus. He was appointed the supreme leader of the Caucasus Emirate on 1 August 2010, though this was later retracted.

Was a leader of the Chechen independence movement and the third President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. He was killed in Tolstoy-Yurt, in northern Chechnya, in 2005.

Dokka Abu Usman; was a Chechen Islamist militant in Russia. Claimed responsibility for several attacks on civilian targets since 2009, including the 2010 Moscow Metro bombings and the 2011 Domodedovo International Airport bombing.

A senior commander operating in the North Caucasus prior to his death in 2013.

The First Deputy Prime Minister of the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.

Was a Chechen militant Islamist. Responsible for numerous attacks in Chechnya and the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis. Killed in the village of Ali-Yurt, Ingushetia in 2006.

Also known as Emir Tarkhan, is a Chechen Mujahid Emir (commander) fighting in the North Caucasus.