User:Geo Swan/Tamaz Chaghalidze

Tamaz Chaghalidze is a citizen of Georgia who traveled to Syria to volunteer as a fighter for the Islamic State. Chaghalidze has been described as the most active recruiters of other Georgian to volunteer in the Islamic State. Chaghalidze's writings have been analyzed for threats they contain to Georgia.

Chaghalidze is from Georgia's Adjara Autonomous Region, and is a member of the Kist ethnic group, a group with close ethnic ties to Chechens.

In late 2014 Chagalidze rose to national prominence for publishing what the Georgian Journal described as a "raving threat" against Georgians.