North Caucasus — a Wall Against or a Bridge for IS?
... theater. This trend, however, has had controversial implications for the violent underground. It both fuelled struggles for influence between figures and groups claiming loyalty to IS and those adhering to the old loose umbrella framework of “Imarat Kavkaz” and even saw internal tensions and splits even among those who declared loyalty to IS. In fact, in the short term, these internal struggles weakened the Imarat’s new leadership (Aliazkhab Kebekov, a.k.a. Ali Abu Mohammad ad-Dagestani,...
03.07.2015