COMMANDER // 1980–2017
Akhmed Chatayev
Lifespan
1980 – 2017
Active service 2014 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 34.
Profile
Akhmed Chatayev, Ahmad Shishani was a Chechen militant and Islamic State leader who is thought to have been the planner of the 2016 Istanbul airport attack and was one of the Chechen mujahideen in Syria. He was killed in a shootout with Georgian security forces in Tbilisi on 22 November 2017.
Battles (1)
2014
Siege of KobanîSyrian Civil War · Islamic State