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| Conflict: | 2024 Qusar attack |
| Partof: | spillover of the Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus |
| Place: | Qusar District, Azerbaijan |
| Date: | 14 September, 2024 |
| Result: | Inconclusive |
| Combatant1: | Azerbaijan |
| Combatant2: | Islamic State |
| Casualties1: | 7 security forces killed, 1 injured |
| Casualties2: | 1 IS militant killed |
In 14 September 2024, clashes between militants and Azerbaijani security forces arose in Qusar District, northern Azerbaijan, after security forces stumbled upon a militant hideout. The clashes left 7 security personnel dead and 1 injured; an IS militant was also killed. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack 5 days later, via its weekly Al-Naba newsletter, making it the group's first attack in the country.[1] [2]
On 2 July 2019, as part of a series of videos ("And The [Best] Outcome Is For The Righteous") showing supporters and fighters of IS around the world renewing their pledge of allegiance to IS, a video was published from Azerbaijan featuring three fighters armed with Kalashnikov style rifles pledging their allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The video was formally released by IS, without explicitly referring it as a Wilayah.[3]
4 months later, after al-Baghdadi's death on 27 October 2019, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi received pledges of allegiance (bayah) from various provinces and regions, with photos of fighters from Azerbaijan pledging allegiance to him, on 29 November.[4] However, they had never claimed responsibility for an attack in Azerbaijan prior to the attack.