TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Islamic State’s field commander Tarkhan Batirashvili, mostly known under his nom de guerre Abu Omar Shishani, has been ‘clinically dead’ for several days, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A small, male-dominated village in the northeast of Georgia has for the first time appointed a woman as a head of municipality.
Monday, Tamar Margoshvili, 55, took the post as gamgebeli in Duisi, a village in Pankisi Gorge, Georgia,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in Pankisi Gorge in northeast Georgia demand the return of two boys who allegedly went to Syria to join Islamc State.
The Council of Elders, an informal mediation body in Pankisi, on Monday met to discuss what to do after Muslim
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian boys, one 18 and the other younger, have allegedly left the country to become fighers for Islamic State in Syria, acording to locals.
The two were attending tenth and eleventh grade at a school in the village Omalo, in Pankisi Gorge.
PANKISI, DFWatch–About a month ago, a 13 year old girl was married to a 23 year old man in Pankisi Gorge with approval from the girl’s parents. This has caused concern in the Council of Women and the Council of Elders, two mediation bodies which play an important
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in a valley northeast in Georgia demonstrated Monday against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for publishing a caricature depicting Prophet Mohammad on January 14.
People in the village Duisi, in Pankisi Gorge, believe the cartoon
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian citizen has died in the Syrian war.
Israphil Tsatiashvili, 18, died in Kobani, Syria, fighting for Islamic State. He is the eighth fighter from Pankisi who has died in Syria.
Israphil’s brother Zelimkhan, 21, died about a month
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is working on a new bill that will punish people for joining terrorist organizations abroad.
Spokesperson for the Interior Ministry tells DF Watch that the details of the new bill will be known after a draft has been sent
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian citizen from the Pankisi gorge has died during clashes in the city of Kobane, Syria, fighting for Islamic State.
This is the eighth Pankisi man to die in the Syrian war. The victim’s family is avoiding comments, but relatives
