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An aerial view of Marawi

Merlyn Manos, AFP
Posted at Apr 03 04:50 PM

This photo taken on March 28, 2018 shows an aerial shot of a mosque amid flattened houses in Marawi City after five months of house-to-house fighting between troops and jihadists loyal to the Islamic State group that killed nearly 1,200. Residents of battle-scarred Marawi were allowed back April 1 for the first time -- to dig through the rubble that was once their homes. Read more »

7 men arrested in Malaysia over attacks plot

Reuters
Posted at Mar 24 09:32 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police have arrested seven men with links to the Islamic State militant group who were planning attacks on non-Muslim places of worship and other targets, authorities said on Saturday. Read more »

Syria's war enters its eighth year

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 09:04 PM

From the bloody repression of peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime to foreign intervention, below are key dates in Syria's civil war as it enters its eighth year.   Read more »

'Maute in Metro Manila' report unconfirmed - NCRPO

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 09:30 AM

Police on Thursday clarified that it was still verifying reports that some members of the Islamic-State inspired Maute terror group are allegedly hiding in Metro Manila.    Read more »

Duterte fears spread of terror outside Mindanao

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 08:16 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday expressed fears that terrorism might spread in areas outside Mindanao, where government troops recently defeated Islamic State-inspired fighters aiming to build a stronghold in Southeast Asia.   Read more »

Military validating reports on new ISIS 'emir' from Lanao del Sur

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 06:59 PM

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday it is still validating reports that a new leader or "emir" of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia has emerged from Lanao del Sur.   Read more »

Maute remnants plan new attacks - army

Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 07:46 AM

At least 300 militants from a pro-Islamic State alliance that last year held a southern Philippine city for 5 months have regrouped and are planning similar attacks elsewhere, the army said on Monday.   Read more »

US warns law enforcement partners of spreading IS threat

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 07:47 AM

The United States warned judicial and law enforcement officials from around the world of the dangers posed by an increasingly de-centralized Islamic State group spreading to new regions. Read more »

Duterte eyes arming ROTC troops, reservists to combat terrorism

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 08:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he might arm military reservists and graduates of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program to combat terrorism, but said this option will be among his last in terms of combating terrorism.   Read more »

Abu Sayyaf leader who tried to set up cell in Sabah arrested in Malaysia

Reuters
Updated as of Feb 21 04:53 PM

Police arrested the 10 suspects in three separate raids between Jan. 25 and Feb. 6, inspector-general of police Mohamad Fuzi Harun said in a statement. Read more »

Foreign fighters may be planning to take Iligan, Cotabato, says MILF chief

Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 08:51 PM

Foreign Islamic State fighters forced out of Syria and Iraq have been arriving in the Philippines with the intent of recruiting, and they have plans to attack two Philippine towns, the head of the country's largest Muslim rebel group said on Tuesday. Read more »

Another Marawi possible, Moro rebel chief warns

Cecil Morella, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 04:33 PM

MANILA - The chief of the Philippines' main Moro rebel group warned Tuesday that jihadists loyal to the Islamic State group, flush with looted guns and cash, could seize another Filipino city after Marawi last year. Read more »

Suspected IS member nabbed in Manila may have accomplices, says PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 01:55 PM

MANILA - Police authorities are not discounting the possibility that a suspected Islamic State (IS) member arrested in the Philippine capital recently was not operating alone.  Read more »

Romance in the time of ISIS: How terror suspects use lovers as 'front'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 09:27 AM

Foreign nationals who recruit pro-Islamic State extremists in the country typically use their lovers as cover for illegal activities, police said Tuesday after a suspected terror leader and his girlfriend were arrested in Manila.    Read more »

5 women killed in Russia's Dagestan church shooting claimed by IS

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 19 07:28 AM

Five women were shot dead in an apparent radical Islamist attack on an Orthodox church in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the assault.  Read more »

U.S. urges help for Iraq, extends $3 billion credit line

Yara Bayoumy and Maher Chmaytelli, Reuters
Posted at Feb 14 08:10 AM

KUWAIT - The United States on Tuesday urged members of the coalition fighting Islamic State to help rebuild Iraq or risk a reversal of the gains made against the group, and said it would extend to Baghdad a $3 billion credit line. Read more »

Indonesian IS-linked militant jailed for 7 years

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 01:34 AM

The Indonesian leader of an Islamic State-linked militant group was jailed for seven years Monday over plans to smuggle weapons from the southern Philippines, a court said. Read more »

Mistaken identity? Kin of suspected IS supporter cry foul over US blacklist

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 13 07:15 AM

(UPDATED) Relatives of Abdulpatta Abubakar on Monday cried foul over the U.S. Treasury's move to place him on a blacklist for allegedly supporting the Islamic State militant group. Read more »

US blacklists Pinoy, 2 others in push against Islamic State finance

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 11 04:06 PM

The US Treasury on Friday placed 3 men it said were part of the Islamic State's global financial network on its sanctions blacklist, as it seeks to shut down the flow of funds to the group. Read more »

It's when, not if: Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack

Fathin Ungku and John Geddie, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 03:57 PM

Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations. Read more »