Islamic State East Asia
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Dec- 2018 -24 DecemberAsia Pacific
Six Malaysians were involved in Basilan suicide bomb plot, expert says
Six Malaysians were involved in the ISIS-claimed suicide bombing in Basilan in southern Philippines that killed 10 people in July
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Nov- 2018 -20 NovemberAsia Pacific
Malaysia and Indonesia foreign fighter transit routes to Philippines identified
Sandakan in Malaysia's Sabah state and Manado in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province are used as gateways to the southern Philippines by foreign militants
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7 NovemberAsia Pacific
Dead or alive: Are Malaysia ISIS militants among Philippines foreign fighter fatalities?
Philippine government lists certain foreign fighters including Malaysians as killed in Marawi but their Malaysian counterpart still lists them as alive and wanted
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5 NovemberAsia Pacific
Philippines: 100 foreign fighters joined ISIS in Mindanao since the Marawi battle
Some 100 foreign fighters from 16 countries entered Mindanao in the southern Philippines since the armed forces retook Marawi from Islamic State-affiliated groups in 2017
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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberAsia Pacific
Philippines military photos show children among ISIS foreign fighters killed in Marawi
Images of foreign fighters killed in Marawi provided by the Philippine military appear to show at least two children among 16 dead ISIS fighters
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22 OctoberAsia Pacific
Misinformation and intelligence failures: How the Philippines underestimates ISIS
The Philippines government and armed forces have played down the ISIS threat – sometimes intentionally – worsening an already deadly insurgency
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Sep- 2018 -12 SeptemberAsia Pacific
Passport to jihad: European foreign fighters joining ISIS in the Philippines
Robert Postings takes an in-depth look at the Philippines as a destination for would-be Islamic State foreign fighters as ISIS loses core territory
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