Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 03:25:49 +0000
Philippine officials say an Indonesian hostage has swum his way to freedom but another drowned while a Malaysian captive was shot in the back
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Read moreCredit to Author: AL JACINTO, TMT| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:11:22 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Fresh fighting between pro-IS militants and government troops erupted on Friday in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, leaving at least 16 casualties on the military side….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:11:49 +0000
TWO police escorts to a group of teachers were injured in Patikul, Sulu in an ambush by members of the Abu Sayyaf Group on Tuesday morning. Police Master Sgt. Al-nidszfar…READ
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:12:03 +0000
Three members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were believed to be killed in an encounter with the Philippine Marines in Sulu, the military said Monday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:11:54 +0000
MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has conceded that he cannot eradicate the prevalence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the country in the remaining three years of his presidency.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 02:09:07 +0000
A sub-leader of the Abu Sayyaf Group and an unidentified man were killed in an encounter on in Barangay Upper Binuang, Talipao town, in Sulu.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:28:09 +0000
The remaining Abu Sayyaf leader involved in the kidnapping of 21 tourists in Sipadan, Borneo, 19 years ago was killed by the Army in Sulu.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:28:09 +0000
The remaining Abu Sayyaf leader involved in the kidnapping of 21 tourists in Sipadan, Borneo, 19 years ago was killed by the Army in Sulu.
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:14:39 +0000
The military recovered the remains of a suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf Group in Ungkaya Pukan town in Basilan province on Tuesday (March 19), after a brief encounter.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 21:16:54 +0000
COTABATO CITY — The US government is helping the Philippine military confirm whether one of two terrorists slain by Philippine soldiers in Lanao del Sur was Abu Sayyaf leader Abu Dar, one of the Islamic State (IS) followers who led the siege on Marawi City that left more than 1,000 people dead. Col. Romeo Brawner, […]
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