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QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines West Mindanao Command said that the Islamist militants, including the Maute group, are losing ground in Marawi City as more and more territories in the city are being recovered by the government forces fighting in the area. The AFP stressed that the Islamist militants are just holding a small part of Marawi City, contrary to the earlier claims by the Islamist terrorists. According […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities on Wednesday called for a united stand against terrorism, amid calls from an international terrorist group to step up attacks in countries all over the world, including the Philippines. “Kaya kami nakikiusap sa buong Pilipinas na magkaisa tayo. Huwag nating payagan na ito ay mangyari sa atin. Kita niyo ang karahasan sa Marawi,” Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said at the Mindanao Hour briefing. “We must all […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that ISIS leader Abū Bakr al-Baghdadi himself had ordered the terrorist attacks in Marawi City and the rest of the country, which is why he said there was a need to declare martial law to destroy the ISIS-inspired terrorist activities in Marawi. In a speech when he visited the wounded in action soldiers and police officers at Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, June […]
US providing “technical support” to gov’t troops in Marawi The military is confirming reports two Maute brothers have been killed in separate operations, as United States and Philippine authorities disclosed US special forces were also providing some support to government troops in Marawi. Marawi-based military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jo-Ar Herrera said there are “strong indications” that Omarkhayam and Madie Maute had been killed in separate operations. But he added the military was still “validating” the […]
by Ali Noorani and Eric Randolph Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran – Gunmen and suicide bombers stormed Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing 12 people in the first attacks in the country claimed by the Islamic State group. Dozens were injured in the attacks, which targeted two of Iran’s most potent symbols: its parliament complex in central Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who led the 1979 […]
https://youtu.be/5-dEefh1G-M (Eagle News) — A girl weeps as she tries to draw a tragic scene that she witnessed in her well-loved home city of Marawi. She bows her head, drawing her knees close to her body, and sobs, holding a pencil and a pad paper. She doesn’t want to look up. Her once peaceful environment was shattered when Islamist terrorists — combined forces of Maute rebels, the Abu Sayyaf Group and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made the offer for New People’s Army “able-bodied” and qualified “soldiers” to fight for the government instead, noting that the communist insurgency has already gone on for around 50 years. “I am again addressing myself to the NPA…Kayong mga sundalo sa NPA, kung gusto niyo sumali sa government ko, I will take you in as soldiers of the country…Anytime. Bumaba lang kayo at magtrain..,” he said during his visit to a military camp in Tacurong, Sultan Kudarat, […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — A second French citizen has been confirmed killed in the London attack, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday. “It is with great sadness that I have learned that one of the French citizens, who was previously given as unaccounted for, has been identified among those who have died,” Le Drian said in a statement, adding that a third French citizen remained unaccounted for.
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police on Wednesday said a 30-year-old man had been arrested following the London Bridge terror attack which killed seven people and injured 48. Officers arrested him in the eastern London suburb of Ilford, near Barking, where two of the assailants lived. The Saturday attack was claimed by the Islamic State and follows the May 22 suicide bombing at the Manchester Arena by Salman Abedi, killing 22 people. There are […]
Hits local terrorists for embracing a foreign ISIS ideology (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte urged government forces to kill and destroy Islamic militants in Marawi City, saying so many lives of his soldiers and policemen had been lost that he would not stop until he had “crushed” those who have sided with a “foreign ideology” in Mindanao. “I am ordering you to crush, pulbusin ninyo ang kalaban natin. Kasi hindi ito pangkaraniwan… When I say crush […]
by Ian Timberlake with David Harding in Doha Agence France Presse United States President Donald Trump threw his weight behind efforts to isolate Qatar on Tuesday, backing Saudi Arabia and its allies after they cut ties with Doha over claims it supports extremism. In a surprise move against a key US ally, Trump suggested Qatar — home to the largest American airbase in the Middle East — was funding extremism as he tacitly backed the diplomatic […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday (AFP) said it has tracked Maute reinforcements attempting to enter Marawi City. 1st Infantry Battalion spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-Ar Herrera said that the military was, however, making more headway in the fight against the local terrorists. On Tuesday, the military recovered around P79 million worth of cash and a check from a house they said was used as a hideout by Maute snipers in the city. The […]
