Philippines

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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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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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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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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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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China and ASEAN members to hold first navy exercises in South China Sea

China and Southeast Asian states will hold their first joint maritime exercises next week, a move aimed at easing tensions

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US Army procures Hydra rockets from General Dynamics for foreign military sales

General Dynamics was awarded a $44 million contract for Hydra rockets for foreign military sales to Afghanistan, Nigeria, Australia, Lebanon and the Philippines

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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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Philippines: One killed, 15 injured in second Isulan bombing in five days

An explosion in an internet cafe in Isulan in the southern Philippines, killied one person and injured 15 in the second bomb to strike the city in days

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Philippines: Three killed, dozens injured in Isulan festival bombing

A bomb blast at a festival in Isulan in the southern Philippines killed one person and wounded dozens more in the second deadly attack in under a month

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