Oct. 29, 2002 -- -- Covered from head to toe in all-black Islamic robes with only their determined, kohl-lined eyes showing, they quickly came to be called the "black widows" as a horrified world ...

The term “Black Widows” was coined by the Russian security authorities in the mid-1990s after the Chechen jihadist leadership identified the first female martyr-bombers as widows and relatives ...

The Chechen 'Black Widows' return to Moscow and strike during rush hour to maximize civilian casualties. ... Two female suicide bombers detonated their vests during morning rush hour at metro stations ...

Of seven suicide attacks by Chechen separatists on Russia in the past four months, six have been carried out by women. In total the attacks have killed 165 people. "I have only one dream now, only one ...

His face, with its bushy black beard and oddly placid eyes, is one of the most familiar in all of Russia. Chechen Warlord Always Brazen -- but Never Caught - Los Angeles Times ...

Russian fighters are operating a black market for Ukrainian prisoners of war, The Times of London reported. The fighters, Chechens, "bought our wounded" after their capture, a Ukrainian official said.

A group of Chechen militants fighting with Islamic State (IS) in the Syrian town of Kobani have said they will not allow the Kurdish people to be "symbolized by godlessness and communism." ...

The three of us, in our work for the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, have analyzed every Chechen suicide attack since they began in 2000, 42 separate incidents involving 63 people who ...

The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, has spoken out against the Islamic State (IS) group, saying that the extremist militants are "devils" and were assisted by Western intelligence ...

In July 2001, up to 30 people were held in searing heat on a bus in southern Russia by a Chechen man demanding the release of five Chechens who had been captured in a previous hijacking. And in May ...

One of the world’s most controversial leaders, Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, is featured on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel tonight — in an interview where he brands gay people ...

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov has used his official Telegram channel to post a video of captured Ukrainian soldier Anton Maksimets warning his fellow fighters not to take on the Chechens.