ThePhilippinesisdraftingarebuildingplanfortheembattledsoutherncityofMarawiafterISIL-affiliatedmilitantsoverranit,saidBenjaminDiokno,theSecretaryofBudgetandManag
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.
PhilippinesecurityforcesarrestedonWednesdaythemainfinancierandlogisticssupporterofthepro-IslamicStatemilitantswhohaveforweeksbeenbattlinggovernmenttroopsforcont
The Philippine security authorities need more time to make assessment on whether or not to lift the martial law in Mindanao in the southern Philippine region, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.
ThePhilippinesecurityauthoritiesneedmoretimetomakeassessmentonwhetherornottoliftthemartiallawinMindanaointhesouthernPhilippineregion,PhilippineDefenseSecretaryD
The Philippine government is readying its plan to rebuild the besieged southern city of Marawi, which was devastated by the ongoing war between the troops and the militants inspired by the Islamic State (IS), a government official said Thursday.
Chinahasdonated15millionPhilippinepesos(about300,000USdollars)tothereliefoperationsinMarawi,thesouthernPhilippinecityplaguedbyclashesbetweengovernmenttroopsandt
The Philippine government sticks to its policy of no negotiating with extemists allied with the Islamic State (IS) that overran Marawi City in the southern Philippines in May, a government spokesman said on Tuesday.
ThemansaidtobeIslamicState'sleaderinsoutheastAsia-andoneofAmerica'smostwantedterrorists-appearstohavegoneontherunafterafive-weekbattleinthePhilippines.Thefighta
The Philippines expressed on Friday its welcome to Australia's offer to send its intelligence-gathering planes to help the country crush the militants allied with the Islamic State (IS) in the southern Philippine city of Marawi.
Afterfourweeksoffighting,PhilippinePresidentRodrigoDutertehassaidthebattleforMarawiCityisnearitsend.CGTN'sBarnabyLospoketoafamilywhosefearhastakenonanewlevelbec
TheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross(ICRC)saidonThursdaythecontinuingclashestoretakethebesiegedsouthernPhilippinecityofMarawiareexpectedtoprolongthedisplaceme
TheInternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross(ICRC)saidonThursdaythecontinuingclashestoretakethebesiegedsouthernPhilippinecityofMarawi"willlikelyprolong.""Thecontinuin
U.S. troops are on the ground near Marawi City in the southern Philippines, but are not involved in fighting Islamist militants who have held parts of the city for more than three weeks, a Philippines military spokesman said on Wednesday.
U.S.troopsareonthegroundnearMarawiCityinthesouthernPhilippines,butarenotinvolvedinfightingIslamistmilitantswhohaveheldpartsofthecityformorethanthreeweeks,aPhili
AKARTA, June 13 (APD) - Indonesia may become the next target for Islamic State (IS) militants to build up their stronghold as the nation has many IS ‘sleeping cells’ which are ready to support the IS militants in materializing their causes in Indonesia, Indonesian military commander said.
ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,June13(APD)-IndonesiamaybecomethenexttargetforIslamicState(IS)militantstobuilduptheirstrongholdasthenationhasmanyIS‘sleepingcells’whi