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3 'ISIS supporters' arestado sa Parañaque, Rizal

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 02:40 AM

Arestado sa magkahiwalay na operasyon sa Parañaque at Rizal ang 3 hinihinalang miyembro ng Daulah Islamiyah na umano'y ISIS sympathizers. Read more »

3 alleged members of ISIS-linked terror group nabbed in Parañaque, Cainta

Michael Joe Delizo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 04:08 PM

MANILA — Police on Friday arrested three suspected members of Islamic State-linked extremist group Daulah Islamiyah Ranao in operations in Parañaque City and a town in Rizal province. Read more »

Maute subleader sa Lanao del Sur sumuko

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 10:09 PM

Isang subleader ng Maute-ISIS ang sumuko sa militar sa Lanao del Sur. Read more »

Maute sub-leader surrenders in Lanao del Sur: military

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 03:37 PM

A sub-leader of the Maute group that laid siege to the southern city of Marawi in 2017 surrendered earlier this week to authorities, the military said Thursday, as it remained on high alert against possible terror threats against the May 13 midterm polls.  Read more »

Islamic State leader surfaces in video, vows fight until 'Judgment Day'

The New York Times
Posted at Apr 30 09:54 AM

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to rally his followers after the loss of the group’s territory in Iraq and Syria and its execution of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in years, on Easter in Sri Lanka. Read more »

After 'caliphate' defeat, Islamic State is down but not out

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 25 07:18 AM

Driven from its self-styled caliphate in Iraq and Syria, Islamic State is down but not out.   Read more »

Duterte warns tourists against visiting Zamboanga

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 24 03:48 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday warned tourists against visiting Zamboanga, citing supposed security threats in the area. Read more »

PNP braces for Abu Sayyaf's revenge after ISIS emir's death

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 12:28 PM

The Philippine National Police (PNP) assured the public Monday that it is ready to respond to possible retaliation efforts of local terror group Abu Sayyaf following the death of one of its leaders. Read more »

Duterte vows ISIS will ‘never gain foothold’ in Philippines

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 09 09:45 PM

Duterte said foreign terrorists have no place in the Philippines, as he honored troops in Jolo, Sulu, during the celebration of Araw ng Kagitingan. Read more »

Baghouz, where the last black flag came down

Tony Gamal-Gabriel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 09:35 PM

It once flew over a chunk of the Middle East larger than Britain but on Saturday the Islamic State group's sinister black banner lay crumpled in the dust of its final bastion. Read more »

EXPLAINER: Does Islamic State still pose a threat?

Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 07:00 PM

BEIRUT - US-backed fighters say they have captured Islamic State's last shred of ground in eastern Syria - but while its era of territorial rule may be over for now, there is near universal agreement that IS remains a threat. Read more »

ISIS 'caliphate' totally eliminated: Syria force

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 23 03:50 PM

Kurdish-led forces pronounced the death of the Islamic State group's nearly 5-year-old "caliphate" Saturday after flushing out diehard jihadists from their very last bastion in eastern Syria. Read more »

Militar, naniniwalang napatay si ISIS emir Abu Dar

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 16 01:37 AM

Kung sakali man, maituturing itong malaking dagok sa operasyon ng ISIS, hindi lang sa Pilipinas, kundi sa buong Southeast Asia. Read more »

Military believes it has killed ISIS emir Abu Dar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 10:06 PM

The military in southern Philippines believes it has killed Abu Dar, the supposed emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.  Read more »

Syria force evacuates 'human shields' in push to crush IS remnant

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 11:45 PM

Kurdish-led forces supported by air strikes from an international coalition evacuated civilians held as "human shields" Monday after smashing their way into the jihadists' last scrap of territory in eastern Syria. Read more »

Islamic State deploys car bombs in defense of last enclave

Ellen Francis and Issam Abdallah, Reuters
Posted at Mar 04 07:09 AM

Islamic State unleashed car bombs against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) assaulting Baghouz, in a last-ditch effort to stave off defeat in its final patch of territory, fighters from the US-backed force said on Sunday. Read more »

Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave

Ellen Francis, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 10:36 PM

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE - Hareth Najem fled Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The Iraqi orphan's family had died two years earlier in air strikes across the border in al-Qaim region. Read more »

Islamic State faces final territorial defeat in eastern Syria battle

Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 04:21 PM

DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria, March 2 (Reuters) - Islamic State faced final territorial defeat on Saturday as the U.S.-backed Syrian force battling the jihadists said it was closing in on their last bastion near the Iraqi border, capping four years of efforts to roll back the group. Read more »

Duterte, posibleng magtakda ng pag-uusap sa MNLF

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 11:47 PM

MAYNILA - Kinuwento ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Martes ang pagkikita nila ni Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari sa Malacañang. Read more »

Russia pioneering return of 'ISIS children'

Maxime Popov and Olga Rotenberg, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 11:36 AM

A potential homecoming of the many foreign women who have gone to live in the IS "caliphate" and their children, many of whom were born there, has been a subject of debate in Russia, with some security chiefs seeing them as potential threats. Read more »