Chechens are an ethnic group hailing from the southern edge of the Russian border, known as the North Caucasus region, whose history has been marked by its violent struggles for independence.

The two suspects—one dead, one still on the loose—in the Boston Marathon attack are Chechen. Journalist Andrew Meier, the author of Chechnya, explains the Chechen US community, why they left ...

"Again, there are lies printed about Chechens, who are supposedly fighting in Syria. It's a falsehood. Just like they said there were Chechens fighting in Afghanistan," he tweeted in July 2012.

The mountainous, southern Russian regions of Chechnya and Dagestan, sandwiched between the Black and Caspian seas, have become a breeding ground for radicals whose targets may be shifting from ...

Chechens View Themselves as Hostages of War. Few Condemn Moscow Theater Siege. November 9, 2002. By Sharon LaFraniere. GROZNY, Russia -- It was 20 seconds past 7:30 p.m. last Sunday, by the ...

The body of a young woman shot by Chechen rebels was dragged from a Moscow theater Thursday while two other captives raced to freedom under fire as insurgents holding ...

A survey of Chechens by a Caucasus-based news outlet found that most respondents had a negative reaction to the idea of fighting in Syria with extremist factions like the Islamic State (IS) group.

NESTEROVSKAYA, Russia — It was a quiet June afternoon when the military trucks roared into the abandoned dairy farm, slamming to a halt in a cloud of dust. Twenty men in black masks fanned out ...

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.