Yarmuk Jamaat

Yarmuk Jamaat (Джамаат Ярмук; officially Armed Forces of the United Vilayat (Province) of Kabarda-Balkaria-Karachai (KBK)) is a militant Islamist jamaat organization connected to numerous attacks against the local and federal security forces in Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria in the North Caucasus. Yarmuk became part of the Caucasian Front in 2005 and joined the Caucasus Emirate in 2007.

The group drew most of its early members from the Balkars, a small ethnic minority in the republic. However, their long-time leader between 2005 and 2010, Anzor Astemirov (Emir Sayfullah), was a Kabardin. Members come from other ethnic groups, including the Karachays and ethnic Russians. The group was named after the 7th-century Battle of Yarmouk.