Iranian state media cites offer by Kadyrov-led units; US military build-up and Tehran’s warnings point to potential escalation ...

Pro-Russian Chechen units have reportedly offered to support Iran in the event of a US ground invasion, as Washington ramps up military deployments in West Asia.

Chechen forces signal readiness to support Iran as war escalates, framed as a religious struggle amid a US-led military campaign.

US President Donald Trump is reportedly exploring aggressive military options in Iran, including the possible deployment of ground troops.

This threat comes at a time when the US has deployed a significant number of troops and weaponry to the Middle East.

At the end of March, the Iranian state news agency PressTV claimed, citing unnamed sources, that Chechen military units had ...

The First Chechen War traces Chechnya’s long struggle for autonomy, from the historical formation of Chechen identity and resistance to Russian expansion to the trauma of Soviet rule and the 1944 ...

We trace the long road that led Chechnya into open war with Russia, beginning with its deep historical roots and centuries of resistance to imperial rule. We examine how Soviet policies, mass ...

The regime of Ramzan Kadyrov, which governs the Chechen Republic, enjoys a level of internal autonomy vis-à-vis Moscow that ...