The Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya (Arabic: المجاهدين العرب في الشيشان, Al-Moojahadeen Al-'Arab fee Al-Shishan; Russian: Арабские моджахеды в Чечне, Arabskiye Muzhakhady v Chechnye) is an international unit of Islamist Mujahideen fighting in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus.
It was created by Fathi al-Jordani in 1995 during the First Chechen War, where it fought against the Russian Federation in favor of Chechnya's independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Since the outbreak of the Second Chechen War it played an important part in further Chechen resistance.
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