Philippines

Feb- 2019 -

2 February

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Five Philippines troops killed battling Abu Sayyaf on Jolo

A "fierce firefight" killed five Philippine soldiers and three militants from the Abu Sayyaf group suspected of the deadly cathedral bombing in Jolo

Jan- 2019 -

30 January

Fergus Kelly

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Was the Philippines cathedral bombing a suicide attack?

Comments made by Philippines President Duterte and other officials about whether ISIS was behind suicide attacks in a Jolo church were contradictory

27 January

Staff Writer

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ISIS claims double bomb attack on Philippines church that killed at least 18

Islamic State said its fighters carried out a double bombing on a Catholic church on the southern Philippine island of Jolo that killed at least 18 people

Dec- 2018 -

31 December

Aftermath of an explosion at the South Seas Mall in Cotobato City, the Philippines

Staff Writer

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Bombing at southern Philippines shopping mall kills 2, injures dozens

Two men were killed and at least 32 others wounded after a bomb went off outside a shopping mall in the southern Philippine city of Cotabato

24 December

Zam Yusa

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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

Nov- 2018 -

20 November

Zam Yusa

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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

7 November

Zam Yusa

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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

5 November

ISIS militants capture vehicles in the Philippines

Zam Yusa

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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

Oct- 2018 -

25 October