Junud al-Makhdi
Katibat Junud al-Makhdi | |
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Leaders | Sayfuddin al-Tatari |
Dates of operation | July 2016 - Present |
Group(s) | Jamaat Bulgar Jaish al-Shomal al-Islami |
Headquarters | Latakia Governorate, Syria |
Active regions | Latakia Governorate, Syria |
Ideology |
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Size | 400 |
Allies | Syrian Civil War
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Katibat Junud al-Makhdi (commonly referred to as just Junud al-Makhdi) is an active armed
jihadist group created by a merger of two smaller groups operating in Northern Syria, composed exclusively of Tatar and Bashkir fighters mainly from Tatarstan and Bashkortostan as well as other areas in Russia
with Tatar and Bashkir populations.
History
The group was created by a merger of Jamaat Bulgar and Jaish al-Shomal al-Islam in mid-2016 (each made up of Tatar fighters from Russia). Jamaat Bulgar was initially founded in
Assad regime. The leader of Jaish al-Shomal al-Islam is the current leader of the Junud al-Makhdi.[3]
The group cooperates with the
Russian Muslims to join its ranks as well as wage war domestically, and claims to have members active in both Russia and Yemen.[4]
References
- ^ a b Caleb Weiss (11 July 2016). "Foreign jihadists advertise role in Latakia fighting". FDD's Long War Journal. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Weiss, Caleb (Spring 2017). "Transformative Networks: The Case of North Caucasian and Central Asian Jihadist Networks" (PDF). Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security. IJOIS. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-06-09. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
- ^ "The Path of Jihad from Turkestan to Syria". Syrian War Daily. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Joanna Paraszczuk (3 July 2016). "More Deailed Information & Interview With Newly-Formed Tatar Group Junud Al-Makhdi Whose Amir Trained in North Caucasus With Khattab". From Chechnya to Syria. Retrieved 6 August 2018.