Over the years, Russia's southern republic of Dagestan, located in the North Caucasus region, has been beset by extremist violence. This weekend, there was more bloodshed. Officials say five gunmen in ...

Dagestan sits in Russia’s North Caucasus where the Caspian Sea meets sharp ridgelines, ancient stone villages, and ...

Getting to Friday services in Makhachkala, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Dagestan, was complicated. Three giant bombs had earlier gone off down the road, and authorities had sealed off ...

Russian authorities say the death toll has risen to at least 20 following a series of coordinated terrorist attacks on churches and synagogues in the Dagestan region Sunday. Gunmen armed with ...

The attacks took place in Dagestan's largest city of Makhachkala and in the coastal city of Derbent, where gunfights were ongoing. Russia's Investigative Committee said it had opened criminal probes ...

Dagestan has hit the headlines, but this obscure, impoverished southern Russian republic on the coast of the Caspian Sea won’t be familiar even to those who pride themselves on being news nerds. Were ...