Umarov Names New Head Of Daghestan Insurgency Wing; Planned Chechen Attack Thwarted

Self-proclaimed Caucasus Emirate head Doku Umarov named Ibragimkhalil Daudov, amir of Daghestan’s Central Sector, on May 9 as the new military and political head of the emirate’s “Daghestan vilayat.” Daudov, 50, is said to be an Afghan war veteran and former arms dealer who joined the insurgency ranks three years ago with his three sons, […]