Credit to Author: AL JACINTO, TMT| Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:52:50 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A bomb attack hit a town in Sultan Kudarat on Wednesday, with unconfirmed reports of two children dead and the number of casualties ranging from 6 to…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:27:24 +0000
TWO alleged members of an Islamic State (IS)-inspired group were arrested and their firearms and other paraphernalia seized during operations by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) in the…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 23:48:23 +0000
Dozens of Islamic State group jihadists emerged from tunnels to surrender to US-backed forces in eastern Syria on Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2019 23:37:07 +0000
Governments greeted the fall of the Islamic State group’s last bastion, marking the end of its self-declared “caliphate”, as a “milestone.”
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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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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:16:26 +0000
MARAWI CITY — Top military officials are still validating whether one of the four suspected terrorists killed in a clash Thursday with government troops in Tubaran town in Lanao del Sur was Abu Dar, believed to be the successor of Isnilon Hapilon, reported emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.
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Read moreCredit to Author: AL JACINTO, TMT| Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 09:55:01 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three soldiers and two members of the pro-IS Maute group were killed in a vicious battle in southern Philippines, security officials confirmed Friday. Lt. Gen. Arnel dela…READ
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:36:50 +0000
The government will thwart terrorist activities of Islamic State (IS), which a New York Times (NYT) report said was rising in the Philippines.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:54:21 +0000
Four Australians were jailed Friday for hatching a plot to sail a boat to the southern Philippines and overthrow the local government.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:21 +0000
WASHINGTON — An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won’t be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said on Wednesday. Her lawyer is challenging that claim. In a brief statement, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave no […]
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