Militants from Russias North Caucasus join jihad in Syria

The Daily Star
Wednesday 6th March, 2013

Omar Abu al-Chechen kneels on a carpet and delivers a rousing speech urging fellow Muslims to support the ‘jihad’ against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Dressed almost entirely in black, the militant from Russia’s Chechnya region declares an Islamist state is within reach. Fellow fighters from the brigade of foreign militants he leads translate his Russian words into Arabic. His recently distributed video highlights the role militants from the volatile North

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