Islamic State – Caucasus Province
Branch of Islamic State active in the Caucasus region
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| February 20 2025 | The Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against IS militants, capturing RG-42 grenades, F-1 grenades, explosives, detonators, UZRGM fuzes, AK-74 Bakelite magazines, and 5.45x39mm ammunition. |
| September 19 2024 | Islamic State claimed its first-ever attack in Azerbaijan, reporting killing 7 Azeri security personnel and wounding 1 in a clash in Qusar district, Northern Azerbaijan. One IS militant was also killed during the incident. |
| June 6 2024 | The Georgian State Security Service detained and arrested two IS militants along with a weapons cache in the city of Batumi. |
| April 28 2024 | Suspected IS gunmen attacked a Russian police post in the village of Mara-Ayagy, killing 2 police officers and wounding at least 4 others. All attackers were allegedly killed during the attack. |
| April 22 2024 | Suspected IS gunmen attacked a Russian police patrol in Karachayevsk, killing 2 police officers and wounding a third, seizing their weapons and ammunition. |
| March 3 2024 | Karabulak clash: A deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. |
| November 2022 | Tsiskara Tokhosashvili was detained by the State Security Service of Georgia for joining IS and assisting terrorist activities in Syria and Iraq. |
| May 2022 | Tbilisi City Court convicted the five individuals arrested in August 2021 for IS membership. |
| August 2021 | Five individuals were arrested in Georgia for IS membership and plans to travel to a terrorist camp in Syria. |
| January 21 2021 | Aslan Byutukayev and five other IS militants were killed in Chechnya. |
| November 2019 | Tsezar Tokhosashvili (known as Al-bara Shishani) was arrested in a joint special operation in Kyiv, Ukraine and later extradited to Georgia. |
| November 29 2019 | Fighters from Azerbaijan renewed their pledge of allegiance (bayah) to new IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi following Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death on 27 October. |
| July 2 2019 | Three IS fighters from Azerbaijan published a video pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, showing support with fighters armed with Kalashnikov-style rifles. |
| July 2 2019 | A law enforcement officer was killed and several others injured at a checkpoint near Bamut when a militant attacked with a knife and hand grenade. Islamic State claimed responsibility. |
| June 23 2019 | A knife-wielding militant attacked two police officers near Ramzan Kadyrov's residence in Grozny. The assailant was killed, with Islamic State claiming responsibility. |
| April 12 2019 | An operation by Alpha Group, local police, and Rosgvardia killed 2 heavily armed IS militants planning to attack public places in Tyumen. |
| January 25 2019 | A gunman attacked policemen in Sernovodskoye (Kursky district), injuring two policemen. The attacker was killed, with Islamic State claiming responsibility. |
| August 20 2018 | Multiple young militants attacked a police station in Grozny with knives, injuring at least 7 police officers. All attackers were killed, with Islamic State claiming responsibility. |
| February 18 2018 | A 22-year-old man opened fire on a church in Kizlyar, killing 5 and injuring 5. The attacker pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and was later killed by security forces. |
| November 22 2017 | A raid in Tbilisi, Georgia resulted in the killing of three suspected IS militants and the arrest of one. The group was reportedly planning terror attacks against foreign diplomatic missions in Georgia and Turkey. |
| December 4 2016 | Russian security services killed Asildarov and four of his associates in a raid on a house in Makhachkala. |
| September 2 2015 | The group claimed responsibility for its first attack on a Russian military base in southern Dagestan. |
| June 23 2015 | IS spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani announced the creation of a new Wilayah (Province) covering the North Caucasus region, naming Asildarov as the IS leader of the area. |
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