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Topic: islamic-state

Islamic State says leader's son died in Syria

Islamic State says leader's son died in Syria

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 04 06:39 AM

Hudhayfah al-Badri, son of Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an attack by the jihadists in the central Syrian province of Homs, the IS propaganda agency Amaq announced Tuesday. Read more »

Lessons learned from Marawi siege, gov't officials say

Lessons learned from Marawi siege, gov't officials say

Kyodo News
Updated as of May 26 04:23 PM

Philippine authorities marked Wednesday the first anniversary of the siege by Islamic State-inspired militants of the southern city of Marawi that disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, underscoring the importance of drawing lessons from it to avoid a repeat. Read more »

Praying for the Marawi victims

Praying for the Marawi victims

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:30 AM

A young boy prays during the commemoration of the Marawi City siege anniversary at the Marawi Provincial Capitol on Wednesday.  Islamic State-inspired rebels led by the Maute brothers attacked Marawi on May 23, 2017, resulting in 5-month-long gunbattles leaving thousands dead and many missing. Read more »

Tearful commemoration

Tearful commemoration

ABS-CBN NewsJonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 24 12:27 AM

A woman weeps during a prayer offered for lost loved ones as they commemorate the anniversary of the Marawi City siege at the Marawi Provincial Capitol on Wednesday.  Read more »

An aerial view of Marawi

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

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

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 »

Duterte fears spread of terror outside Mindanao

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 »

Maute remnants plan new attacks - army

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 »

Duterte eyes arming ROTC troops, reservists to combat terrorism

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 »

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