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Al Qaeda brigade claims attack on Russian forces in Syria
On the same day that Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad, a mainly Uzbek jihadist group, swore allegiance to Al Nusrah Front, it claimed an attack on Russian forces in the Latakia province of Syria.
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Chechen commander in Syria pledges to Islamic Caucasus Emirate
Salahuddin Shishani, the former emir of the Jaish al Muhajireen wal Ansar who now leads a group of jihadists from the Caucasus in Syria, swore allegiance to the new leader of the Islamic Caucasus Emirate, giving a small boost to a group that has been plagued by defections.
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Russian troops kill leader of Islamic Caucasus Emirate
Ali Abu Muhammad al Dagestani led the Islamic Caucasus Emirate during defections to the Islamic State. He openly stated his allegiance to Al Qaeda and the global jihadist group also provided him support.
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New Al Nusrah Front video features interview with leader, military gains in Syria
An audio recording of Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of the Al Nusrah Front, introduces a newly-released video produced by the group. The video highlights Al Nusrah’s purported military gains and ends with a clip of Ayman al Zawahiri calling for jihadist unity.
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Chechnya
Russia says Muhammad cartoon publication illegal
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Caucasus Emirate
Chechen Leader Kadyrov Doesn’t Consider IS A Threat To Russia
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Ahrar al Sham
Vanguard of Syria’s Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future
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Russia
The Supreme Court decided in closed session yesterday to designate the Islamic State and the Al Nusrah Front as terrorist groups and ban them from Russia. The decision follows the defection of several Dagestani factions of the Caucasus Emirate to the Islamic State. Foreign Minister Lavrov warned that recent US sanctions against Russia will negatively affect bilateral cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program, the war in Syria, and other international issues.
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Russia
Sentences were handed down on Dec. 23 against 57 men accused of engaging in the October 2005 attacks on police and government facilities in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria. Five received life sentences, including former Guantanamo detainee Rasul Kudayev.
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Afghanistan
US firm finds malware targeting visitors to Afghan government websites
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Russia
Residents of Yandi in Chechnya reported that masked men, presumably government forces, torched several homes on Dec. 8. After the deadly militant attack in Grozny on Dec. 6, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had vowed to raze the homes of relatives of those responsible for the killings.
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Iran
Turkey not expected to revise Syria policy
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Caucasus Emirate attacks police, press in Chechen capital of Grozny
Dozens of fighters fanned out across the Chechen capital and attacked police and other government targets. The Press House was set ablaze.
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Russia
At least 16 people have been killed in a clash between suspected Islamist militants and counterterrorism police in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Ten policemen are among the dead, and dozens of people have been wounded, in fighting that broke out at a publishing house and a school. A video surfaced claiming that the attack was ordered by Chechen Islamist leader Aslan Byutukayev a.k.a. Emir Khamzat.
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Iraq
Syria says US-led strikes have not weakened Islamic State
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Afghanistan
Russia claims Islamic State is supplying half of all Afghan heroin coming to Europe
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Chechnya
Syrian link suspected in Chechen murder in Ankara
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Iran
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended Until July
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Poland
US troops to remain in Baltics, Poland next year
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Afghanistan
Europe, facing multiple threats, still isn’t spending on defense
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Islamic State
Tajikistan’s ‘Jihadist’ Village On The Defensive
