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Terror attacks down but global threat more 'complex': US report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 04:15 AM

The near-defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has forced a dispersal of the group that has made the global threat of terror attacks much more complex, the US State Department said in a report Wednesday.   Read more »

Duterte willing to send Filipino troops to Jordan to fight ISIS

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 11:40 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he is willing to send Filipino troops to Jordan to fight the Islamic State.   Read more »

Military rule, Bangsamoro Law don't guarantee peace - Lacson

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 01:40 PM

Martial law and a measure giving wider self-rule to Muslims in the south did not ensure peace in the region, Senator Panfilo Lacson said Thursday, citing an explosion during a town festival in Sultan Kudarat that left 3 people killed, including a girl.    Read more »

S. Kudarat blast death toll rises to 3

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:45 PM

(UPDATED) A third victim has died in an explosion in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat earlier this week, police said Thursday. Read more »

US imposes sanctions on Pinoy ISIS recruiter

Reuters
Updated as of Aug 26 09:25 AM

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on 3 men from Southeast Asia who it says were recruiters for the Islamic State and appeared in a beheading video for the militant group.  Read more »

US blacklists Filipino, 2 others over Islamic State beheading video

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 25 08:44 AM

Reza Lahaman Kiram is believed to be responsible for the bombing a bus in Zamboanga in 2012. He was still in Syria fighting for Islamic State as of January 2017. Read more »

Islamic State tags Mindanao as province: security think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 12:38 AM

A Philippine security think-tank said it has received information that the international terror organization Islamic State tagged Mindanao as part of its province in east Asia.   Read more »

ISIS tags Mindanao as province, says analyst

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:01 PM

A Philippine think tank on Friday said it has received information that international terror organization Islamic State (ISIS) has tagged Mindanao as part of its province in East Asia Read more »

Moroccan with ties to Abu Sayyaf eyed in Basilan blast: Defense chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 12:18 PM

Lorenzana, however, refused to link the attack to the Islamic State, which had claimed that one of its jihadists, a Moroccan, was behind the blast that killed 10 on the spot. Read more »

Military probes reports of another car bomb

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 11:53 PM

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is on the lookout to thwart another possible attack.  Read more »

Palace: Avoid speculation about Basilan blast

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 04:46 PM

Malacañang on Friday urged the public to avoid making speculations about the blast in Basilan earlier this week, after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the bombing that left 10 people dead. Read more »

After Basilan blast, Lacson calls for intensified intelligence ops vs terrorists

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 03:46 PM

The former Philippine National Police chief warned that the recent blast could “inspire or motivate” other extremist groups in the country to follow suit. Read more »

Military knew Basilan attack was coming - official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 02 10:13 AM

The military got wind of a planned terror attack in the south weeks before a van allegedly loaded with explosives blew up at a security checkpoint in the conflict-wracked province of Basilan, an official said Thursday. Read more »

EU condoles with Philippines after Basilan blast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 08:55 AM

The European Union on Wednesday condoled with the Philippines on Wednesday following a deadly van explosion in the restive Basilan province, which comes months after Manila rejected billions of pesos in aid from the regional bloc.  Read more »

Pagsabog sa Basilan, extortion attempt ng Abu Sayyaf?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 02:25 AM

Sa kabila ng pag-ako ng Islamic State sa pangbobomba sa Basilan kahapon, iginigiit ng Armed Forces of the Philippines na Abu Sayyaf ang may pakana sa pagpapasabog. Read more »

AFP eyes 'extortion' as motive behind Basilan blast

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 12:19 AM

The military dismisses the claim of the Islamic State, the terror group, is behind Tuesday's deadly bombing in Basilan.  Read more »

Military should acknowledge existence of IS in PH: expert

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 10:52 PM

MANILA - The Armed Force of the Philippines (AFP) should acknowledge the existence of Islamic State in the Philippines and continue to eliminate said groups, a terrorism specialist said Tuesday. Read more »

Defense chief on Basilan blast: Don't jump to conclusions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 03:08 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana urged the public on Wednesday to refrain from drawing hasty conclusions over a car explosion that killed 10 people in the restive south.  Read more »

Anti-Bangsamoro law radicals behind deadly Basilan blast?

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 11:42 AM

At least 2 members of the academe floated Wednesday the possibility that radical groups opposing a new law granting wilder self-rule to Muslims in the south may be behind a car explosion that left 10 dead in Basilan province.   Read more »

Islamic State claims Basilan blast that killed 10

Manuel Mogato, Reuters
Posted at Aug 01 08:23 AM

A bomb exploded in a van in the restive southern Philippines on Tuesday, killing 10 people at a military checkpoint in what militant group Islamic State called a suicide attack for which it claimed responsibility. Read more »