Caucasus Emirate
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, was a 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. The creation of Caucasus Emirate was announced on 7 October 2007, by Chechen warlord Dokka Umarov, who became its first self-declared "emir".
| Caucasus Emirate | |
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| Имарат Кавказ | |
| Leaders | Dokka Umarov † Aliaskhab Kebekov † Magomed Suleimanov † |
| Foundation | 7 October 2007 |
| Dissolved | August 2016 |
| Active regions | North Caucasus, West Asia |
| Ideology | Pan-Islamism Salafist-Takfiri Jihadism Separatism Islamic fundamentalism Anti-imperialism |
| Slogan | «Победа или рай» (transl. "Victory or Heaven") |
| Notable attacks | Insurgency in Ingushetia Insurgency in the North Caucasus |
| Size | Fewer than 1,500 (2010 est.) |
| Allies | Mujahideen in Chechnya Riyad-us Saliheen |
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| Battles and wars | Second Chechen War Syrian civil war |
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By late 2015, the group no longer had a visible presence in the North Caucasus, as most of its members defected to the local Islamic State affiliate, Vilayat Kavkaz.