Rommel Banlaoi

Nov- 2018 -

20 November

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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

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