(1972-01-01)1 January 1972 Sovetsky, Dagestan ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died
19 April 2015(2015-04-19) (aged 43) Buynaksk, Dagestan, Russia
Military service
Battles/wars
Insurgency in the North Caucasus
Aliaskhab Alibulatovich Kebekov (Russian: Алиасхаб Алибулатович Кебеков; 1 January 1972 – 19 April 2015),[3] also known as Ali Abu Muhammad (Russian: Али Абу Мухаммад),[4] was a North Caucasian militant Islamist in Russia and the leader of the Caucasus Emirate following the death of inaugural leader Dokka Umarov. Following in the same religious tradition as Umarov, he adhered to the ideology of Salafism. The United States Department of State added Kebekov to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on March 25, 2015.[5] On 19 April 2015, Kebekov was killed by Russian security forces during special operations in the settlement of Gerei-Avlak in Buynaksk.[6] An Avar by nationality, Kebekov was the first non-Chechen to lead the North Caucasus insurgency.
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Aliaskhab Alibulatovich Kebekov (Russian: Алиасхаб Алибулатович Кебеков; 1 January 1972 – 19 April 2015), also known as Ali Abu Muhammad (Russian: Али...
to Umarov. Umarov would die in September 2013 from food poisoning. AliaskhabKebekov was announced 6 months later as his successor. In the period from...
and Caucasus Emirate leader, AliaskhabKebekov, condemned this as a betrayal. Following the killing of AliaskhabKebekov by Russian security forces in...
giving an oath of allegiance to the new head of the Caucasus Emirate, AliaskhabKebekov, who succeeded Dokka Umarov. Toward the end of 2014, the Caucasus...
Doku Umarov was killed by poisoning in 2013. Umarov's successor AliaskhabKebekov was reported killed in 2015. The "Caucasus Emirate" grouping founded...
allegiance to Umarov's successor, AliaskhabKebekov, and pledged loyalty to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Kebekov responded days later with a video...
militant and Caucasus Emirate's qadi known as Ali Abu Mukhammad (Magomed Kebekov) was reportedly named as his successor. There was no immediate independent...
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