Moscow, Russia – AFP Gunmen in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday launched attacks on religious buildings, killing at least seven police officers, a national guard officer and a priest, officials said. The attacks took place in Dagestan’s largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent, where ...
Moscow, Russia – AFP Russian police on Monday said they had arrested 60 people suspected of storming an airport in the Muslim-majority Caucasus republic of Dagestan, seeking to attack Jewish passengers coming from Israel. Dozens of protesters, many of them chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest), broke through doors and bar...
