Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Katibat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (, ) is an Uzbek/Kyrgyz jihadist militant organization based in Syria.

History 
The group was established in Syria in 2014 by Sirojiddin Mukhtarov, the group consists of mostly Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals.

In 2015 the group, with the help of Al-Nusra Front and Ajnad al-Kavkaz, attempted to establish a de facto state in northwestern Syria. This was all after the fighting in Idlib province, specifically in the town of Jisr ash-Shughur.

In 2016 the group bombed the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan, the attack was ordered by then leader/founder, Sirojiddin Mukhtarov. Three people were arrested and sentenced for helping and aiding the bombing.

In 2019 the group hired hitmen to kill Aierken Saimaiti, a man who exposed a large money laundering scheme, also in 2019, the groups Shura council voted unanimously to change the groups leader, Sirojiddin was changed with the new appointed leader, Ilmurad Khikmatov.

In 2021 two of the head propagandists of the organization were arrested in the town of Tanzim after attempting to recruit Uzbek school children to go to Syria to fight for the group.

In 2022 the United States designated the group a terrorist organization. Also the same year, the original founder of the organization, Sirojiddin Mukhtarov was killed in a targeted airstrike.

References 

2014 establishments in Syria
Jihadist groups in Syria
Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist
Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States