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Abu Sayyaf gunmen kidnap 10 fishermen off Borneo: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 10:33 PM

KUALA LUMPUR - Suspected Islamic State-linked militants kidnapped 10 fishermen off Borneo island Tuesday and took them to the southern Philippines, police said, the latest abductions in the strife-torn waters. Read more »

Maldives seek foreign help to deal with IS fighters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 16 12:11 AM

The Maldives called for international help to rehabilitate up to 160 of its nationals languishing in Syrian detention camps after the defeat of the Islamic State group. Read more »

Military, MILF conduct peace mission in former Maute lair

Cris Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 09 10:40 AM

PAGAYAWAN, Lanao Del Sur -- The military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on Saturday distributed aid in a far-flung village in this southern town, in the hope of curbing the influence of the Islamic State-inspired Maute group here.    Read more »

Shattered Marawi city becoming a tool for jihadist recruitment

Ron Lopez, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 24 03:49 AM

Two years after the Philippine city of Marawi was overrun by jihadists it remains in ruins, with experts warning that stalled reconstruction efforts are bolstering the appeal of extremist groups in the volatile region. Read more »

Marawi's ruins a reminder of Islamic State's devastating reach

Eloisa Lopez, Reuters
Posted at May 21 09:37 AM

Two years ago, pro-Islamic State militants took over in a bid to carve out their own "Wilayah", or province, forcing nearly 100,000 people to flee in what became the Philippine military's toughest and longest conflict since World War II. 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 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 »

Australian court finds man guilty of plotting to blow up airliner

Reuters
Posted at May 01 04:54 PM

An Australian court found a man guilty of plotting to blow up a an Etihad Airways flight out of Sydney at the behest of the Islamic State militant group. Read more »

Leave my country alone, Sri Lanka president tells Islamic State

Reuters
Posted at May 01 04:48 PM

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said a foreign mastermind may have planned the Easter Sunday bombings, claimed by Islamic State, telling the militant group to "leave my country alone". 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 »

Islamic State group claims Sri Lanka attacks: propaganda arm

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 23 10:48 PM

BEIRUT - The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed a series of bombings that killed more than 320 people in Sri Lanka, after the government blamed local Islamists for the blasts.   Read more »

Snipers, starvation and death: IS 'caliphate' ended in bloodbath

John Davison, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 12 12:58 AM

Snipers in areas controlled by Syria's government near the village of Baghouz picked off women and children fetching water from the river or climbing the small hill to seek medical help in Kurdish-controlled territory, survivors said.   Read more »

A world court on IS crimes: Needed but unlikely

Isabelle Wesselingh, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 27 07:44 PM

BEIRUT, Lebanon - A world court would offer a much-needed mechanism to address the Islamic State group's horrendous crimes but the path to its creation is fraught with obstacles, experts said.   Read more »

Governments welcome 'milestone' fall of IS bastion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 24 08:19 AM

Governments greeted the fall of the Islamic State group's last bastion, marking the end of its self-declared "caliphate", as a "milestone" Saturday, but warned of remaining dangers, as Syrian Kurds announced a "new phase" in the conflict.   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 »

Battle for last Islamic State enclave edges towards its end

Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 04:52 AM

BAGHOUZ, Syria - The operation to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as US-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden jihadists. Read more »

Hundreds surrender as Islamic State nears defeat in last enclave

Rodi Said, Reuters
Posted at Mar 13 07:58 AM

BAGHOUZ, Syria - Islamic State faced imminent defeat in its final enclave on Tuesday as hundreds of jihadist fighters and their families surrendered and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces said the battle was as good as over. Read more »