Philippines Muslim register touted as ISIS insurgency rages in Mindanao
Officials in the Philippines have suggested introducing special ID cards for Muslims as the army battles an Islamic State militant group (ISIS) insurgency. Aaron Aqui
philippines
ISIS-linked Maute Group militants behead Vietnamese hostages
Militants in the southern Philippines have beheaded two Vietnamese sailors held hostage for eight months, the military said on Wednesday. Philippine troops found the
Former Abu Sayyaf fighter warns worse to come in the Philippines
A decade after his release from prison, a former henchman of ISIS' leader in Asia predicts the battle unfolding in the southern Philippines city of...
ISIS beheads civilians and brutalizes women in Philippines
Islamists in the besieged city of Marawi in southern Philippines are forcing female hostages into sex slavery, Manila’s army was quoted as saying by the...
Hostages in Philippine town forced to fight, loot and become sex slaves
Some hostages forced to convert to Islam, carry wounded fighters to mosques, and marry militants of the Maute group loyal to Islamic State. Civilians held...
Negotiations with ISIS ‘will not help’ Philippines retake control of Marawi
Negotiations with militants affiliated to ISIS are unlikely to help the Filipino government liberate the besieged town of Marawi, a counter-terrorism expert has told IBT
Infiltration of Islamic State into Southeast Asia brings lingering danger
On May 23, government forces in the Philippines battled with two terrorist groups affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and...