Georgian On Neighbors In Syria: 'Pure Intention To Help'
2,916 views · Published 26 September 2014 · 2:40 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty · 2014 · Entertainment
Georgia's Pankisi Gorge region, bordering Chechnya, has been in the news this week as the U.S. government released two lists of individuals it accuses of working with extremist organizations in Syria, such as the Islamic State. The Treasury Department listed Georgian citizen Tarkhan Batirashvili (aka Omar al-Shishani), while the State Department's list included Murad Margoshvili (aka Muslim Abu Walid Shishani). Both are ethnic Chechens from the Pankisi Gorge village of Duisi. Another man from that area was recently killed in Syria, according to the Georgian Embassy in Egypt. RFE/RL Georgian Service correspondent Zviad Mchedlishvili interviewed a man from Pankisi who claims to have known all three men. (Camera by Orest Todua)
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