Abu Sayyaf

Jul- 2021 -

5 July

Air

The Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent Philippines army graduates, when it overshot the runway

Death Toll in Philippines Military Plane Crash Rises to 50

Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island Monday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 50 people in one of the country's worst military air disasters.

Feb- 2021 -

23 February

Asia Pacific

A Philippine Marine walks past graffiti during a patrol along a deserted street at the frontline in Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao on July 22, 2017.

Staff Writer With AFP

Nine Women Arrested Over Philippine Bomb Plots: Military

Nine women suspected of plotting to blow up military targets in the restive southern Philippines have been arrested, the army said Tuesday.

Aug- 2020 -

24 August

Asia Pacific

Site of a bombing involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island

Staff Writer With AFP

14 Dead, Scores Wounded in Twin Bombings in Philippines

At least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded -- including soldiers and police -- in a twin bombing Monday involving a suicide attacker on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, officials said.

Apr- 2020 -

17 April

Asia Pacific

Philippine Army Tech. Sgt. Rernaur Bwenaia, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technician, instructs Philippine Army Soldiers from the 20th Infantry Battalion how to identify improvised explosive devices

Staff Writer With AFP

Abu Sayyaf militants kill and wound two dozen Philippine soldiers in Sulu attack

Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants killed 11 Philippine soldiers and wounded 14 others in the group's deadliest attack in over a year

Dec- 2019 -

22 December

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines troops rescue 2 Indonesian sailors from Abu Sayyaf in Jolo

Philippine troops rescued two abducted Indonesian sailors in a Sunday pre-dawn raid on an Abu Sayyaf stronghold in Jolo which left two dead

Nov- 2019 -

25 November

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines soldiers rescue British man and wife from Abu Sayyaf

Philippine soldiers on Monday rescued a British man and his wife from the Islamic State-linked jihadist group Abu Sayyaf

Oct- 2019 -

29 October

Asia Pacific

Ground Zero after the Battle of Marawi in the Philippines

Pawel Wojcik

Suicide bombs and foreign fighters are burgeoning jihadi threats for the Philippines

Failure to take seriously Islamic State's use of suicide bombers and foreign fighters for its East Asia Province poses a threat to the Philippines

Jun- 2019 -

28 June

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Philippines counter-terrorism soldiers killed in Jolo ‘firefight’

An attack on a special Philippine army counter-terrorism unit left three soldiers dead and nine others wounded in the southern Philippines

May- 2019 -

31 May

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

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Dutch man held by Abu Sayyaf killed during escape attempt, Philippines military says

A Dutch birdwatcher held by ISIS-linked militants was killed in the Philippines, according to the military, which said he was shot as he tried to escape

Feb- 2019 -

2 February

Asia Pacific