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Congress urged to review Marawi compensation law

Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 05:51 PM

Marawi Mayor Majul Gandamra fears the law may be "unproductive" as the compensation only covers residents from 32 out of the city's 96 barangays. Read more »

At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake

Agence France Presse
Updated as of Feb 07 10:33 AM

Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly Islamic State group members, a source at the facility told AFP. Read more »

Islamic State claims attack on Pakistani envoy in Kabul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 07:43 AM

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on Pakistan's embassy in Kabul, which Islamabad decried as an "assassination attempt." Read more »

Death of IS leader 'not a fatal blow' to group: analyst

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 06:19 PM

The death of the leader of Islamic State was not a fatal blow to the militant network that has terrorized many countries, a security analyst said. Read more »

Islamic State group announces death of leader

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 01 06:01 AM

Speaking in an audio message, the spokesman identified the group's new leader as Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. Read more »

IS ex-bastion in Syria hosts Jackie Chan film shoot

Maher Al Mounes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 17 02:44 PM

A ghost town since a 2018 operation to flush out jihadists, Hajar al-Aswad near the Syrian capital has come back to life as the location of a Jackie Chan-produced action movie. Read more »

Ex-US teacher pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 08 02:42 AM

Allison Fluke-Ekren, 42, admitted to engaging in "terrorism-related activities" in Syria, Libya, and Iraq between 2011 and 2019. Read more »

Mataas na opisyal ng Dawlah Islamiyah, napatay ng militar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 05:43 PM

Napatay ng militar nitong Lunes ng hapon si Abdulfatah Oma Alimuden, alyas "Abu Huzaifah," sa Datu Salibo, Maguindanao. Read more »

Islamic State group claims attack on Kabul mosque

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 07:53 AM

The so-called Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in the Afghan capital that killed at least 10 worshippers. Read more »

UK court jails IS follower for life over MP murder

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 14 10:00 AM

A British judge on Wednesday sentenced Islamic State group follower Ali Harbi Ali to a whole-life prison term for murdering lawmaker David Amess in a knife attack last year. Read more »

Israel arrests 5 suspects after deadly IS attack

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 28 08:30 PM

Israeli authorities have arrested five suspects following an attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed two policemen, the police said on Monday. Read more »

Islamic State group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor

Hashem Osseiran with Didier Lauras in Paris, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 11 06:33 AM

The Islamic State group Thursday confirmed the death of its leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurashi, more than a month after his demise. Read more »

397 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

Emma Farge, Reuters
Posted at Mar 08 03:15 AM

The period indicated on the United Nations report runs from August 2021 to the end of February. Read more »

8 suspected ISIS members killed in Lanao del Sur clash

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 06:59 PM

Authorities also recovered 7 kilos of suspected 'shabu' and a kilo of marijuana in a house occupied by ISIS members. Read more »

US offers $10-M reward to help track IS leader in Afghanistan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 08 12:54 PM

The US offered a $10-million reward for information leading to the 'identification or location' of the leader of the Afghanistan regional chapter of the Islamic State group. Read more »

Inside US raid on ISIS leader: Months of preparation, then a deadly blast

Phil Stewart and Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 10:48 AM

President Joe Biden, who monitored the raid from the White House's Situation Room, called Quraishi's suicide a "final act of desperate cowardice." Read more »

Islamic State leader killed in Syria: Biden

Sebastian Smith with Aaref Watad, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 09:11 AM

The leader of the Islamic State was killed in a U.S. military counterterrorism operation in Syria, President Joe Biden said Thursday. Read more »

IS plot in Morocco foiled with US help: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 18 07:30 AM

Moroccan security forces with US support have foiled a suspected bomb plot by the so-called Islamic State group and arrested an alleged supporter of the outlawed organization Read more »

Islamic State member sentenced to life imprisonment over genocide

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 12:12 AM

The court in Frankfurt found Taha al-Jumailly, 29, an Iraqi national, guilty of involvement in the slaughter of more than 3,000 Yazidis and enslavement of 7,000 women and girls by IS jihadists in 2014-15. Read more »

Pag-atake ng suicide bombers, huli sa camera

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 17 07:31 PM

Dalawang magkasunod na pagsabog ang tumama sa kapitolyo ng Uganda. Kabilang sa mga nasawi ang tatlong hinihinalang suicide bombers. Read more »