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Western nations warned their citizens Thursday to immediately leave the surrounds of Kabul airport over a terrorist threat, as thousands of people try to reach a dwindling number of evacuation flights. Nearly 90,000 Afghans and foreigners have fled Afghanistan via the US-led airlift since the hardline Islamist Taliban movement took control of the country on August 15. Huge crowds are gathered in and around the airport, becoming increasingly desperate as some foreign nations cease flights […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine military said that the ISIS liaison to the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) had been killed in a gunfight with army troops in Patiukul, Sulu. The Armed Forces of the Philippines identified the killed ISIS liaison as Talha Jumsah aka Abu Talha. He was killed in a clash with the Philippine Army 1st Scout Ranger Battalion in So, Tubig Amu, Barangay Tanum, Patikul, Sulu. Brigadier General Antonio Nafarrete, 1101st Brigade […]
An Iraqi court on Sunday sentenced three French citizens to death after they were found guilty of joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official said. Captured in Syria by a US-backed force fighting the jihadists, Kevin Gonot, Leonard Lopez and Salim Machou were transferred to Iraq for trial. They have 30 days to appeal. Iraq has taken custody of thousands of jihadists repatriated […]
HAWIJA, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi authorities said they uncovered a new mass grave containing the remains of dozens of people in an area of northern Kirkuk province once held by the Islamic State group. Security forces have discovered dozens of mass graves since they drove out IS in 2017 after three years of occupation of swathes of northern and western Iraq. The United Nations said in November that more than 200 mass graves containing up to […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday, Sept. 6, said he was willing to send “battalions” to Jordan to help the kingdom ward off ISIS fighters who have been trying to enter the country. “If there is anything that we can do, if you are short of your army, let me know. You need one battalion? Two, three, four, five? I’ll send them to you,” the President said in a speech before businessmen. Jordan […]
Ni Richard Dela Cruz Eagle News Correspondent CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental (Eagle News) – Tumanggap ng Commendation Award si PNP Regional Director Gen. Timoteo Pacleb mula kay PDEA Regional Director Wilkins Villanueva sa isinagawang 16th PDEA Anniversary Celebration nitong Martes, Hunyo 12. Kinilala at pinahalagahan ng PDEA ang mahusay na pamumuno ni Pacleb sa kampanya kontra iligal na droga. Isa na rito ay ang ginawa nitong pagbuwag sa mga pinaniniwalaang tropa ng Kuratong […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is seeking an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the Marawi siege, and into the status of Marawi City’s rehabilitation. Trillanes filed Senate Resolution 743 and Senate Resolution 742 on Wednesday, May 23, exactly a year after members of Maute and the Abu Sayyaf attacked the capital of Lanao del Sur in an alleged bid to establish an Islamic State caliphate. In filing Senate Resolution 743, Trillanes said […]
(Eagle News) – Malacanang is satisfied with the progress in the projected rehabilitation and rebuilding of Marawi City as 70 percent of the residents have been given housing units by the government a year after the Marawi siege that devastated the Islamic city. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr., said that so far, President Rodrigo Duterte is satisfied with the work of retired general Eduardo Del Rosario who heads the Task Force Bangon Marawi. “Buo […]
(Eagle News) – Filipinos in Indonesia were advised by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to be vigilant following recent bombings that have rocked the country’s second largest city. In a statement on Tuesday, May 15, the DFA said it has instructed the more than 250 Filipinos in Surabaya, through the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta, to be cautious and to “limit their movement.” The DFA said more than 8,000 Filipinos are working across Indonesia. The […]
President Rodrigo Duterte met with 27 members of the ISIS-Maute group who surrendered to the government, vowing to provide them shelter and livelihood assistance as long as they commit to peace. Talking to the members of the rebel group on Friday, May 11, inside Kampo Ranao, the Chief Executive expressed intentions to give the members of the rebel group idle lands in Lanao del Sur, adding that they can cultivate rubber tree and palm […]
(Eagle News) — The Islamic State (ISIS) is looking for new members to recruit and new safe havens worldwide, according to an official of the US State Department. “ISIS in particular has looked at finding new safe havens in terms of land as well and in that aspect they have looked very strongly at Southeast Asia, in particular Southern Philippines,” US State Department’s Director for the Office of Countering Violent Extremism, Irfan Saeed said in […]
By Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has expressed frustration that another case filed by the police before the Department of Justice had been dismissed. In a resolution dated March 5, the DOJ dismissed a case of illegal possession of firearms filed against an Egyptian national, Fehmi Lassqued, a suspected terrorist alleged to have connections with the ISIS who was arrested in February. While […]
