Marawi won’t become IS hub, Palace assures
The Duterte administration is confident that Marawi City won’t become a new regional hub of the Islamic State due to ...
Tag: Islamic State
Calida: 20 IS-linked groups in Mindanao
Government lawyers told the Supreme Court yesterday there are 20 other terrorist organizations with links to the Islamic State in ...
IS threat in Southeast Asia alarms Washington
Southeast Asia’s jihadists who fought by the hundreds for the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria now have a ...
PH, Indonesia, Malaysia launch joint sea patrols
Warships from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia yesterday held maneuvers near a naval base in northern Borneo to mark the ...
100 more corpses still on streets of Marawi
About 100 bodies of civilians and Islamic militants remain uncollected in the rubble of Marawi because of continuing fighting between ...
Soldiers pinned down by sniper fire, Molotovs
When Philippine troops advanced on positions held by Islamist militants here last week, they were caught in a kill zone.
Australian scribe hit by stray bullet in Marawi alright
An Australian journalist said he was fine after being hit by a bullet in his neck Thursday while covering the ...
PH flag raised in Marawi City
Embattled Philippine troops struggling to force out Islamist militants from a southern city raised the national flag for Independence Day ...
US forces join PH troops to end Marawi siege
U.S. special forces are helping the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to end a siege of the southern town ...
Civilians struggle to escape Marawi
It was during a lull in the fighting that Rohaina Salic first heard it, the bellow of a distant voice ...
Hapilon holding out in Marawi
Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon is still hiding somewhere in Marawi, a military spokesman said yesterday, dispelling speculations that the ...
Protracted battle in Marawi feared
With bomb-proof tunnels, anti-tank weapons hidden in mosques, human shields and a “mastery” of the terrain, Islamist militants holed up ...
ISIS claims London attack
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Sunday for an attack by knife-wielding men who mowed down and stabbed revelers in ...
Highest security alert in Metro Manila
Police in Metro Manila are on highest security alert status amid threats from local allies and foreign supporters of the ...
Casino attack smoke kills 37
A gunman stormed a crowded casino in Pasay City early yesterday morning and used gasoline to set gambling tables on ...
Uniting to fight a foreign force
The attack on Marawi City by the Maute Group was deemed an act of rebellion, for which President Duterte proclaimed ...