Martial Law Extended In Mindanao
Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in the restive island of Mindanao. Militants linked to so-called Islamic State have...
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Philippines To Extend Martial Law In South Until Year End
The Philippine Congress on Saturday voted to extend President Rodrigo Duterte's declaration of martial law in the south until the end of the year to defeat Islamist gunmen. In a special joint session...
Singapore Offers Manila Drones, Urban Warfare Training
Singapore said Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent the militants becoming entrenched and threatening...
Gun-Toting Duterte In Surprise Visit Near Warzone
A gun-toting Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte made a surprise visit Friday to a military camp close to a city where Islamic State group-inspired militants are battling security forces. Photos and...
Philippines Kidnap: Abu Sayyaf Islamists Behead Vietnamese
Two Vietnamese men have been beheaded by Philippine Islamist group Abu Sayyaf, the country’s military said. Their bodies were found on Basilan island in the country’s south, a stronghold of the...
Militants Cling On To Hundreds of Buildings In Besieged Philippine…
Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern Philippine city after weeks of ferocious fighting that has left hundreds dead,...
Fighting In Philippine City Displaces Nearly 400,000
Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have forced nearly 400,000 people in the wider area to flee their homes, officials said Saturday, while warning of disease outbreaks and...
US Wanted Terror Leader May Have Fled Philippine City
One of America's most wanted terrorists may have escaped a five-week battle with Islamist militants in a southern Philippine city, which began with a raid to capture him, the military said Saturday....
Australia Sends Spy Planes To South Philippines
Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic militants terrorising the area, the government said Friday. Fighters...
Philippines’ Duterte Apologises For Urban War
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologised Tuesday for a military offensive that has left the nation's main Muslim city in ruins, but said it was needed to crush militants linked to the Islamic...
Politicians Backing Islamist Militants In Philippines
One local politician has been arrested and others are wanted for supporting Islamist militants who have taken over parts of a southern Philippine city, authorities said Thursday. Nearly 200 people...
Long Battle Feared As Militants Hold On In Philippine City
With bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons hidden in mosques, human shields and a "mastery" of the terrain, Islamist militants holed up in a southern Philippine city are proving a far tougher...
Philippines’ Duterte Orders Troops To ‘crush’ Militants
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday ordered the military to "crush" Islamist militants still occupying parts of a southern city, as photos emerged of bombed buildings and mangled corpses....
Ceasefire Hopes For Civilians In War-Torn Philippine City
Philippine authorities said Sunday they were trying to negotiate a ceasefire in a war-torn southern city to rescue up to 2,000 civilians trapped in areas held by Islamist militants for nearly two...
Fears For 2,000 People Trapped In Philippine City Battle
Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and...
ISIS Murder 19 Civilians In South Philippines
ISIS-linked terrorists have murdered 19 civilians in the Philippines including a woman and a child. This week 85 people have died in street-to-street battles between the Philippine army and...
2,000 Trapped As Fighting Rages In Philippine City
Two thousand fearful civilians were trapped on Sunday inside a southern Philippine city where troops are battling Islamist militants, authorities said, as the death toll from almost a week of...
Islamist Militants Kill 19 In South Philippines
Islamist militants locked in street-to-street battles with security forces in a southern Philippine city have killed 19 civilians, the military said Sunday, bringing the official death toll from...
Troubled Philippine South Burns Again
Militants fighting under the black flag of the Islamic State group have turned a southern city into a battleground, and triggered warnings by President Rodrigo Duterte of a potential IS caliphate....
Foreign Militants In Deadly Philippine Urban Battle
Foreigners are among Islamist gunmen battling security forces in a southern Philippine city, the government said Friday as soldiers tore down black IS flags in retaken districts and the reported...