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Muslim Abu Walid al Shishani

Murad Margoshvili
Born 26 May 1972 (age 44)
Duisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
(now Georgia)
Allegiance Junud al-Sham
Soviet Army (from ?- ?)
Battles/wars First Chechen War
Syrian Civil War

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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