The Arab Mujahideen in Chechnya (Arabic: المجاهدين العرب في الشيشان‎, Al-Moojahadeen Al-'Arab fee Al-Shishan; Russian: Арабские моджахеды в Чечне, Arabskiye Muzhakhady v Chechnye) is an international unit of Islamist Mujahideen fighting in Chechnya and other parts of the North Caucasus.It was created by Fathi al-Jordani in 1995 during the First Chechen War, where it fought against the Russian Federation in favor of Chechnya's independence as the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria.