The Caucasus Emirate is an Islamic emirate located in OTL Chechnya and controling parts of Chechnya and Ingushetia. Emir Dokka Umarov, has stated "our mission is to unify all of Allah's peoples of the caucasus (Islamic people in the Caucasus)" and actually claims Azerbaijan, Daguestan, Abkhazia, Ossetia, and most of the northern Caucasus. There are fears in the region that the Emirate serves as another front for the Muslim Liberation Army. No conclusive link has been found, although the Emir openly praises the efforts of the MLA against the "Communist Satan", as well as Israel.