The head of an ISIS branch operating in southern Russia has called on “Millions Muslims” to join him in killing non-believers and has vowed to target Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Islamist insurgents launched a brazen attack in the Chechen capital Grozny on Thursday that sparked heavy clashes with security forces, leaving 19 dead and a central market burnt.
Chechen and Caucasian extremists have been dispatched to Syria to fight alongside with al-Qaeda elements in Syria’s foreign-hatched civil war, a report says.