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Fatal department store blast in Cotabato ‘a terror attack’: military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 01 11:38 PM

MANILA - (UPDATE) The military believes a deadly department store blast in Cotabato City was a terror attack, eyeing members of a Daesh-related group as suspects. Read more »

Iraqi Christians celebrate Christmas one year after Islamic State defeat

Reuters
Posted at Dec 25 11:21 PM

Iraqi Christians quietly celebrated Christmas on Tuesday amid improved security, more than a year after the country declared victory over Islamic State militants who threatened to end their 2,000-year history in Iraq. Read more »

Trump orders US troops home from Syria, stuns allies

Thomas Watkins, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 20 06:48 PM

Currently, about 2,000 US forces are in the country, most of them on a train-and-advise mission to support local forces fighting IS. Read more »

21 Islamic State militants escape Iraqi jail, most recaptured

Reuters
Posted at Dec 13 06:10 PM

BAGHDAD - A total of 21 prisoners, most of them members of Islamic State jailed on terrorism charges, broke out of a prison in northern Iraq but 15 of them have been recaptured, Kurdish security officials said on Thursday.   Read more »

US 'model soldier' gets 25 years in prison for Islamic State support

Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 05:26 AM

NEW YORK - A US Army sergeant described by former colleagues as a one-time "model soldier" was sentenced to 25 years in prison at a federal court in Hawaii on Tuesday after pleading guilty to providing material support to the Islamic State militant group. Read more »

P35.1 billion in pledges raised for Marawi rebuilding: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 28 02:57 PM

The total includes P32.7 billion in concessional financing and P2.4 billion in grants, the Department of Finance said, after a pledging session in Davao City. Read more »

Court hands down first convictions in Marawi siege

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 07:07 PM

A Taguig City court handed down on Tuesday the first convictions in connection with the 2017 Marawi siege. Read more »

Rehabilitation of war-torn Marawi breaks ground

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 30 11:31 PM

MANILA - After months of delay, the multibillion-peso rehabilitation of the worst-hit area in war-torn Marawi City broke ground Tuesday, as officials promised to revitalize the city devastated by a 5-month battle between government troops and terrorists last year. Read more »

Putin says Islamic State has seized 700 hostages in Syria

Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 07:54 AM

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Islamic State militants had seized nearly 700 hostages in part of Syria controlled by US-backed forces and had executed some of them and promised to kill more. Read more »

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 »