Islamic State on the wane in Russian North Caucasus
Although Chechen fighters feature large in the Syrian conflict, their return is not the prime cause of Caucasus unrest
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- Exodus to the Middle East
- IS surge
- Return from the battlefield
- Patterns of violence
- Dagestan
- Kabardino-Balkaria
- Chechnya
- Ingushetia
- Other areas quiet
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_350.jpg "Mahomed Alihajiev, whose son is believed to be fighting in Syria, outside a mosque near the village of Gimry, Dagestan (Reuters/Maria Tsvetkova)")