Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade | |
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Исламская международная миротворческая бригада | |
Leaders | Shamil Basayev Ibn al-Khattab Arbi Barayev Ramzan Akhmadov |
Dates of operation | 1998–2002 |
Headquarters | Grozny, Chechnya |
Active regions | Chechnya Dagestan |
Ideology | Islamic fundamentalism Separatism |
Size | 1,000–3,000[1] |
Part of | Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan |
Allies | Special Purpose Islamic Regiment |
Opponents | Russia |
Battles and wars | Chechen–Russian conflict |
Designated as a terrorist group by | Bahrain[2] Iraq[3] United States[4] |
The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (Russian: Исламская международная миротворческая бригада; abbr. IIPB), also known as the Islamic International Brigade and the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, was the name of an international Islamist mujahideen organization[5][6] founded in 1998. IIPB was designated a terrorist entity by the United States in February 2003.[4]