Back كتيبة الإمام شامل Arabic ইমাম শামিল ব্যাটালিয়ন Bengali/Bangla Batallón Imán Shamil Spanish Батальон Имама Шамиля Russian
| Imam Shamil Battalion | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the group | |
| Leaders |  Sirozhiddin Mukhtarov (POW)[1] |
| Dates of operation | April 2017 – present |
| Headquarters | North Caucasus, Russia |
| Active regions | North Caucasus, Russia |
| Ideology | |
| Size | 100 (according to the (CFR)[3] |
| Part of |  al-Qaeda |
| Allies |  Tahrir al-Sham Turkistan Islamic Party |
| Opponents | State opponents
Non state opponents |
| Battles and wars | 2017 Saint Petersburg metro bombing, Insurgency in the North Caucasus, Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus |
The Imam Shamil Battalion (Arabic: كتيبة الإمام شامل, romanized: Katiba Al Imam Shamil, Russian: батальон имама Шамиля) is a militant Islamist organization in Russia. It is a North Caucasus affiliate of Al-Qaeda.[4][5][6]
The name of the group is in reference to Imam Shamil, a Muslim leader from Dagestan that fought an invasion by the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War, and was the third Imam of Caucasian Imamate.[7][8]
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