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Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili ((グルジア語:თარხან ბათირაშვილი), born 1986), known by his nom de guerre Abu Omar al-Shishani ((アラビア語:أبو عمر الشيشاني), ''Abū ‘Umar ash-Shīshānī'' , "Abu Omar the Chechen") or Omar al-Shishani, is a Georgian Kist jihadist who currently serves as a commander for the Islamic State in Syria, and a former sergeant in the Georgian Army.〔 A veteran of the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, Batirashvili became a jihadist after being discharged from the Georgian military and served in various command positions with Islamist militant groups fighting in the Syrian civil war. Batirashvili was previously the leader of the rebel group ''Katibat al-Muhajireen'' (Emigrants Brigade), also known as the Muhajireen Brigade, and its successor, Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (Army of Emigrants and Supporters). In May 2013, Batirashvili was appointed northern commander for ISIS, with authority over ISIS’s military operations and ISIS’s forces in northern Syria, specifically Aleppo, al-Raqqah, Latakia, and northern Idlib Provinces. As of late 2013, he was the ISIS amir (leader) for northern Syria and was located in and around Aleppo Province. He was also in charge of fighters from Chechnya and elsewhere in the Caucasus. Units under his command have participated in major assaults on Syrian military bases in and around Aleppo, including the capture of Menagh Airbase in August 2013.〔 He is considered "one of the most influential military leaders of the Syrian opposition forces".〔 As of mid-2014, Batirashvili was a senior ISIS commander and Shura Council member based in al-Raqqah, Syria.〔 The US Treasury Department added Batirashvili to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists on 24 September 2014. On 5 May 2015, The U.S. State Department Rewards for Justice Program announced a reward up to US$5 million for information leading to his capture.〔https://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/tarkhan_batirashvili.html〕〔http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/05/241912.htm〕 ==Early life== Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili was born in the Georgian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia) in 1986. His father, Teimuraz Batirashvili, is an ethnic Georgian and Orthodox Christian. His mother was a Muslim Kist—an ethnic Chechen subgroup from Georgia's Pankisi Gorge—of the Melkhi clan.〔 Batirashvili grew up in the largely Kist-populated village of Birkiani, located in the Pankisi Gorge in northeast Georgia. In his youth, he worked as a shepherd in the hills above the gorge. Later in the 1990s, the Pankisi Gorge was a major transit point for rebels participating in the Second Chechen War, and it was there that Batirashvili reportedly came into contact with the Chechen rebels moving into Russia. According to his father, a young Batirashvili secretly helped Chechen militants into Russia and sometimes joined them on missions against Russian troops.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abu Omar al-Shishani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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