ISIS Declares Caliphate in the Caucasus

The Islamic State terrorist group, ISIS, which is currently established on the territory of Syria and Iraq, announced the creation of a new Caliphate on June 23 this year claiming it will cover several regions of Russia's Northern Caucasus.

According to the report of the Institute for the Study of War (Washington D.C.), Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, a spokesman for the fundamentalist group, named Abu Mohammad al-Qadari the leader of the newly created entity and congratulated "the soldiers of the Islamic State" in the Caucasus.

Zviad Adzinbaia, Georgia Today’s analyst, will tell you more about the topic in this week’s issue.