Chechen rebels using a shoulder-fired missile shot down a military helicopter Thursday in the mountains, killing three crew members, the military said. The attack in Chechnya was the latest ...

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CNN — Here's a look at Chechnya, a republic in southwestern Russia, in the Caucasus Mountains region. Chechnya is bordered by Russia, the country of Georgia, and the Russian republics of Dagestan and ...

MOSCOW — Chechen guerrillas who took over a theater here in mid-performance shot a woman to death, authorities said Thursday, increasing fears for the safety of about 700 remaining hostages. But in a ...

2001-08-01 04:00:00 PDT Mineralniye Vody, Russia-- Russian commandos stormed a bus yesterday that had been seized by two Chechen hijackers, killing one gunman and rescuing about 25 hostages after a 12 ...

In Chechnya, Basayev fought alongside Omar Ibn al-Khattab, a Saudi-born rebel leader who died in 2002, apparently after being poisoned, and later maintained close ties with another Saudi militant, Abu ...

Russian forces are carrying out large-scale operations against separatists throughout Chechnya, amid fears of more rebel attacks both inside the republic and in Russia as a whole. The Russian news ...

MOSCOW, Sept. 17 -- In an Internet posting, a Chechen rebel leader with a $10 million bounty on his head has apparently asserted responsibility for the Beslan school siege and threatened more attacks ...

Russia's Federal Security Service, the FSB, says it has confirmed the death of Chechen rebel warlord Ruslan Gelayev. It has released footage of a body, saying the corpse has been identified as that of ...

MOSCOW (AP) -- Chechen rebels vowed Wednesday to carry on their separatist fight against Russia despite the death of their leader Aslan Maskhadov after special forces cornered him in an underground ...

The rebels, both men and women, stormed the theater at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday as an audience of about 700 people watched a popular musical. They later released more than 100 women and children, who ...