Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani explained

Murad Margoshvili
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Duisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Georgia)
Death Date: (claimed)
Death Place:Jisr al-Shughour, Idlib Governorate, Syria
Allegiance:Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
Junud al-Sham[2]
Soviet Army (from ?- ?)[3]
Battles:First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
Syrian Civil War

Murad Akhmetovich Margoshvili,[1] also known by his nom de guerre Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani (taken from the Saudi fighter Abu al-Walid),[4] is the commander of Junud al-Sham in Syria.[2] Al Shishani was sanctioned by the US State Department on 24 September 2014[5] for reportedly building a base for foreign fighters.[6] While Margoshvili is a Georgian national, he is also a Kist, a Chechen subethnos living mostly in the Pankisi Gorge.[7]

According to Russian sources, Margoshvili was killed in Syria by an airstrike of the Russian Air Force on 11 December 2021 in the city of Jisr al-Shughour.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ethnic Kist Murad Margoshvili on the Specially Designated Global Terrorists list. Front News. 25 September 2014. 2 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Split Among North Caucasian Fighters in Syria. The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. 2 July 2014. 2 November 2014.
  3. Web site: An In-Depth Look At Chechen Fighters In Syria – Part II: Junoud Al-Sham Commander Muslim Abu Al-Walid Al-Shishani. MEMRI Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project. 18 December 2013. 2 November 2014.
  4. Web site: The Clear Banner: 'Let Him Eat Leaves:' North Caucasians Aligned to Islamic State Slam Caucasus Emirate Emir. Jihadology. 4 July 2014. 2 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Behind Islamic State's Battlefield Gains, Battle-Hardened Chechens. Voice of America News. 26 September 2014. 2 November 2014.
  6. Web site: U.S. imposes financial sanctions on Islamist fighters. Reuters. 24 September 2014. 2 November 2014.
  7. Moore. Cerwyn. 2015-05-27. Foreign Bodies: Transnational Activism, the Insurgency in the North Caucasus and "Beyond". Terrorism and Political Violence. 27. 3. 395–415. 10.1080/09546553.2015.1032035. 56451099. 0954-6553.
  8. https://www.rbc.ru/politics/22/12/2021/61c326219a7947ffc5016712 Российские ВКС уничтожили главу террористической группы в Сирии аш-Шишани

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