Terrorism suspect linked to beheadings of two Canadians arrested in the Philippines
A leading terror suspect who has been linked to beheadings of hostages, including two Canadians and a Malaysian, has surrendered after being wounded in battle,...
Abu Sayyaf Group
Three Abu Sayyaf terrorists detained in joint anti-terror operations
Three members of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were arrested in separate operations conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), together with police...
Four suspected Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf terrorists eliminated in Paranaque City
Security forces shot dead four suspected Islamic State (ISIS)-linked and Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists in a joint police and military raid in Don Bosco,...
Two suspected suicide bombers from Egypt killed in Philippines
Soldiers in the southern Philippines have foiled what the army called an attempted suicide bombing in an urban area, the latest in a series of...
US authorities declare Abu Sayyaf leader as global terrorist
The US has added a 60-year-old leader of the pro-Daesh Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), Hatib Hadjan Sawadjaan, and a female militant from Mindanao to its...
Deadly suicide blast in Sulu locally initiated
A deadly blast in the southern Philippines last June, the first to involve a Filipino suicide bomber, was "locally initiated," contrary the claim of Islamic...
Abu Sayyaf terrorist group leader surrendered with 13 followers
A top leader of the Daesh-linked Abu Sayyaf terrorists surrendered to authorities along with 13 of his followers on the island province of Basilan in...
Abu Sayyaf terrorists abduct engineer on the island province of Sulu
Heavily-armed members of the ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf terror group kidnapped a government engineer while waiting for a ride near a police station on the island...
Philippines: Abu Sayyaf terrorist group kills another Vietnamese sailor
ISIS-linked Abu Sayyaf terrorists brutally shot to death one of three remaining Vietnamese sailors they kidnapped last year off Basilan in the country's Muslim south,...
International Islamic Relief Organization – Philippines Branch (IIRO-PHL)
The IIROSA's Philippines Branch (IIRO-PHL) is a source of funding for the al Qaida-affiliated Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).