Heavy Losses
Between March and May 2011, a number of actions by the Russian Security Services wiped out nearly the entire leadership of the Jamaat, including overall Emir Asker Dzhappuyev, Emir Zakaria of the southwestern sector and Emir Abdul Jabbar of the Northeastern Sector.
The death of so many commanders led to a lower number of rebel attacks in Kabardino-Balkaria for the rest of 2011. In September 2011 Alim Zankishiev (aka Emir Ubaidallah) became the new leader of the rebels, he was killed by Russian security forces in March 2012. A security operation in Nalchik in September 2012 again saw the killing of several senior commanders (Emir Hamza of the North-Western sector, Emir Abdal-Malik of the North-Eastern sector and Shamil Ulbashev, Emir of the Central Sector) in a single operation.
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