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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Yarmuk Jamaat.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/563/

Profile Contents

Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

Maps

Mapping relationships with other militant groups over time in regional maps

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 2002
Disbanded: 
January 1, 2007

The Yarmuk Jamaat began in mid-2002 in Kabardino-Balkaria under Muslim Atayev. His death in 2004 prompted Anzor Astemirov, who would be a leading figure in the Caucasus Emirate, to lead the Jamaat. They wanted to establish the independence of Kabardino-Balkaria from the Russian Federation. The Jamaat is most known for the failed Nalchik raid in 2005. In 2007, the Yarmuk Jamaat no longer functioned as an independent entity; they became members of the newly established Caucasus Emirate upon its creation in 2007.

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