Philippines
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Dec- 2018 -24 December
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 November
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 November
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 November
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 October
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 October
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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19 October
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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Sep- 2018 -16 September
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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12 September
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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2 September
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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