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Allegiance Junud al-ShamSoviet Army (from ?- ?) Battles/wars First Chechen WarSyrian Civil War Similar People Bashar al‑Assad, Walid Muallem, Mashaal Tammo, Dawoud Rajiha, Maher al‑Assad | ||
Murad Margoshvili, also known by his nom de guerre Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani (taken from the Saudi fighter Abu al-Walid), is the commander of Junud al-Sham in Syria. Al Shishani was sanctioned by the US State Department on 24 September 2014 for reportedly building a base for foreign fighters. While Margoshvili is a Georgian national, he's also a Kist, a Chechen subethnos living mostly in the Pankisi Gorge.
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