The Caucasus Emirate (Chechen: Имарат Кавказ, ИК, romanized: Imarat Kavkaz, IK; Russian: Кавказский эмират, romanized: Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, [9] was a jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of Syria and previously ...

The Caucasus Emirate is an ideologically Salafist outfit inhabiting what has been historically a haven of Sufi orders in the North Caucasus. 10 It emerged from the failed insurrections that Chechens launched against Russian federal forces in two distinct conflicts beginning in late 1994.

Jul 29, 2011 · Emarat Kavkaz, or the “Caucasus Emirate”, is a terrorist organization operating in the North Caucasus.

Since its creation in 2007, the Caucasus Emirate has committed over 900 terrorist attacks on Russian territory, killing more than 900 and wounding more than 1,500 civilians, government...

Since its creation, the Caucasus Emirate has carried out as many guerrilla operations against the Russian security forces as attacks on civilians. Airports, metro and other means of transport in Russia have repeatedly been the target of jihadist terrorism, causing hundreds of fatalities.

Jun 29, 2016 · The Caucasus Emirate , also known as the Caucasian Emirate, is a militant Jihadist organisation active in southwestern Russia. Its intention is to expel the Russian presence from the North Caucasus and to establish an independent Islamic emirate in the region.

The Caucasus Emirate (Chechen: Имарат Кавказ, ИК, romanized: Imarat Kavkaz, IK; Russian: Кавказский эмират, romanized: Kavkazskiy emirat), also known as the Caucasian Emirate, Emirate of Caucasus, or Islamic Emirate of the Caucasus, [9] was a jihadist organisation active in rebel-held parts of Syria and previously ...

The Caucasus Emirate (Имарат Кавказ Imarat Kavkaz) is not a country and is not recognised by other countries. It is a self-proclaimed virtual state entity. [2] [3] It claims to be the successor to the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. It was announced on October 31, 2007 by former President of Ichkeria, Dokka Umarov.

The Caucasus Emirate is a radical Islamist-Sunni (Salafi) group based in the North Caucasus. The Emirate’s predecessor, the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, had the nationalistic goal of secession from the Russian Federation. Now the Caucasus Emirate is part and parcel of the global jihadi movement.

For more than a decade Moscow has been fighting an insur-gency in the North Caucasus. The rebellion that started as a separatist movement has now taken on a distinctly Islamist tone and repeatedly resorts to terrorist methods.