TroopsinthesouthernPhilippinessaytheyhavekilledIsnilonHapilon,theAbuSayyafmilitantseenasIslamicStategroup'sleaderinsoutheastAsia.Hapilon,whoisontheUSlistof"most
ThePhilippinedefensechiefsaidonMondaythatthetopleadersofthepro-ISmilitantgroupsthatlaidsiegetothesouthernPhilippinecityofMarawihavealreadybeenkilledinaction.Phi
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was preparing to make a deal with Islamic State-inspired militants in the days after they laid siege to a southern city, but aborted the plan without explanation, an intermediary involved in the process said.
Philippine security forces arrested on Wednesday the main financier and logistics supporter of the pro-Islamic State militants who have for weeks been battling government troops for control of a southern town, the army said.
PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertewaspreparingtomakeadealwithIslamicState-inspiredmilitantsinthedaysaftertheylaidsiegetoasoutherncity,butabortedtheplanwithoutexp
PhilippinesecurityforcesarrestedonWednesdaythemainfinancierandlogisticssupporterofthepro-IslamicStatemilitantswhohaveforweeksbeenbattlinggovernmenttroopsforcont
ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,June22(APD)–ArmedForcesofthePhilippineschiefofstaffGeneralEduardoAnosaidtheybelieveAbuSayyafleaderIsnilonHapilonisstillinMarawiCity
Afterfourweeksoffighting,PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertehassaidthebattleforMarawiCityisnearitsend.CGTN'sBarnabyLospoketoafamilywhosefearhastakenonanewlevelbec
Philippines police on Thursday arrested an alleged member of an extremist group allied with the Islamic State (IS), a police report said.
Philippines police on Thursday arrested an alleged member of an extremist group allied with the Islamic State (IS), a police report said.
ByAPDWriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,May29(APD)–FormerlegislatorsandmilitaryofficialsbelievetheDuterteAdministrationwillattaintherequiredtacticalvictoryagainsttheMautea
ByAPDwriterMeloM.AcunaMANILA,May26(APD)–CatholicBishopEdwinAngotdelaPena,thePrelateofMarawi,remainshopefulhisvicargeneralFr.Teresito“Chito”Suganoband14otherswou
MANILA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Six more soldiers and 13 members of the militant Maute Group in Marawi City were killed as armed clashes between the two sides continued on its third day on Thursday.
Skirmishes between the government troops and a local terror group in the southern Philippine province of Lanao del Sur continued with death toll of the militants reaching to 19, the military said on Monday.