Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus

Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
	Part of the Russo-Caucasian conflict, post-Soviet conflicts, War against the Islamic State and the aftermath of the insurgency in the North Caucasus
	; Fire of the "Crocus City Hall" building after the terrorist attack perpetrated by the Islamic State
Date	21 November 2017 – present; (7 years, 6 months and 27 days)
Location	North Caucasus, Russia (with spillover in other Russian territories), northern Azerbaijan and Georgia
Status	Ongoing as a hit-and-run campaign
Belligerents
Russia Chechnya ; Dagestan ; Ingushetia ; Kabardino-Balkaria ; Kalmykia ; Karachay-Cherkessia ; North Ossetia–Alania ; Adygea ; Krasnodar Krai ; Rostov Oblast ; Stavropol Krai ; Volgograd Oblast ; Moscow Oblast ; Moscow ; Azerbaijan Qusar District ; Georgia Adjara ; Tbilisi ;	Islamic State Caucasus Province ; Khorasan Province ; Azerbaijan Province ; al-Qaeda Imam Shamil Battalion (2017-2019) ; Other Islamist groups and lone wolves
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir Putin; Mikhail Mishustin; Andrey Belousov; Valery Gerasimov; Alexander Bortnikov; Viktor Zolotov; Vladimir Kolokoltsev ; Ramzan Kadyrov; Sergey Melikov; Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov; Kazbek Kokov; Batu Khasikov; Rashid Temrezov; Sergey Menyaylo; Murat Kumpilov; Veniamin Kondratyev; Vasily Golubev; Vladimir Vladimirov; Andrey Bocharov; Andrey Vorobyov; Sergey Sobyanin; Former Dmitry Medvedev ; Sergei Shoigu ; Vladimir Vasilyev ; Yunus-bek Yevkurov ; Yury Kokov ; Aleksey Orlov ; Vyacheslav Bitarov ; Ilham Aliyev; Mehriban Aliyeva; Ali Asadov; Zakir Hasanov; Karim Valiyev; Ali Naghiyev; Shahin Mammadov; Vilayat Eyvazov ; Shair Alkhasov; Mikheil Kavelashvili; Irakli Kobakhidze; Irakli Chikovani; Giorgi Matiashvili; Vakhtang Gomelauri; Grigol Liluashvili ; Tornike Rizhvadze; Kakha Kaladze;	Akhmed Chatayev †; Aslan Byutukayev †; Yunus Khabibov †; Amirkhan Gurazhev †; Adam Ozdoev; Abdulloh; Akhmed Tsechoev †; Shamil Aliyev †; 3 unnamed criminal group leaders †; Islamic State caliphs Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (since 2023) ; Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi (2022–2023; killed in Syria) ; Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2022; killed in Syria) ; Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (2019–2022; killed in Syria) ; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (until 2019; killed in Syria);
Units involved
Federal Security Service; National Guard of Russia; Police of Russia; State Security Service; Internal Troops of Azerbaijan; Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia; State Security Service of Georgia;	Military of the Islamic State
Casualties and losses
53 Russian security forces killed, 114 wounded 7 Azeri soldiers killed, 1+ wounded 1 Georgian soldier killed, 4 wounded	215 jihadists killed, 4 wounded (in Russia); 1 killed (in Azerbaijan); 3 killed, 7 arrested (in Georgia)

The Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus refers to the involvement of ISIS and its affiliates in the region, where local militant groups pledged allegiance to the organization and engaged in attacks aimed at destabilizing Russia's North Caucasus republics, Georgia, and Azerbaijan to create an Islamic Caliphate.