Salahuddin Shishani
Summary
Giorgi Kushtanashvili, later known as Feyzullah Margoshvili, and commonly known by his nom de guerre Salahuddin Shishani, was one of the Chechen mujahideen in Syria. He was briefly the head of Jaish al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar and later headed Jaysh Usrah in Syria until his death in December 2017.
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