Russia’s FSB security service on Sunday said it had killed an “emir” of the Islamic State group in the North Caucasus along with four other militants in a raid in the Dagestan region. It also linked him to twin car blasts in Dagestan in 2012 that killed 14 and injured at least 120. In 2015 the US Department of State imposed sanctions on Aselderov as a “foreign terrorist fighter” after the jihadist group appointed him leader of its North Caucasus franchise. IS named Aselderov, also known as Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Qadari, the governor of a new province after Islamist militants in the region pledged allegiance to the jihadist group. The Russian North Caucasus is one of the major sources of foreign jihadists fighting in Syria and Iraq.

Source: Indian Express December 04, 2016 01:44 UTC