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(Eagle News) – The Philippine National Police said the situation in Marawi City is slowly dying down as government forces started slowly containing local terrorists, the Maute group, who are seeking recognition from the international Islamist State terror group ISIS. PNP spokesperson Chief Supt. Dionardo Carlos also advised media and the public not to be an instrument for propaganda of the Maute group, which is seeking to promote themselves in social media. “Nag-aapila po kami […]
(Eagle News) — In this video interview of President Rodrigo Duterte by blogger and now Presidential Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson, he tells fellow Filipinos to not be too scared, as he is coming home to Manila from Russia later today to deal harshly with the Maute terrorists who had sown fear in Marawi City. He said he had been forced to declare martial law in Mindanao because of these recent terrorist activities of the […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has cut short his official visit in Russia and is expected to be back with his high-level delegation later today, Wednesday, after a last-minute meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his decision to declare martial law in Mindanao to put a stop to the terrorist Islamic State-linked Maute group. Duterte, in an interview while on a plane back to Manila from Russia, said he will be harsh with […]
(Eagle News) — Several senators backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao, with one noting that the “despicable terrorists” must be held “accountable for their crimes against humanity.” In a statement, Senator Joel Villanueva said the declaration of martial law in the southern Philippines needed to be done due to the “gravity of this horrific incident.” “We condemn to the highest degree the recent attacks which transpired in Marawi City. As to […]
(Reuters) — President Rodrigo Duterte told Russian leader Vladimir Putin late Tuesday (May 23) that the Philippines needs modern arms to fight Islamic State and that he expected Russian support. Duterte also said he had to halt his visit to Moscow and return home as there was still fighting with militants there. The Maute group is touted to have links with ISIS. “I have to go home because I should be there at this time. […]
(Eagle News) — Civilian residents of some areas of Marawi City were evacuated to a military camp, following an intense encounter between military forces and reported members of the ISIS-linked Maute group. At least 500 civilians, including children, had been ordered to leave their homes near the areas of encounter in at least one barangay, Bgy Datu Saber, where a government hospital, Amai Pakpak Medical Center, where ISIS militants had been seen carrying the ISIS […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – More than 24,000 people fled their homes as the Philippine military used airstrikes and artillery against Muslim extremists who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, authorities said Thursday. Almost a week of attacks on members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the strife-torn southern island of Mindanao has displaced residents of six towns, said Jofelle Delicana, spokeswoman for the civil defence office. About 24,300 villagers were forced to […]
by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon -A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens Tuesday at a camp for the displaced near Syria’s border with Iraq, as pressure grows on the Islamic State group in both countries. The violence left at least 38 people dead and came as another surprise IS attack on Tuesday killed 10 soldiers in Iraq, to the south along the border. The jihadist group appears to be lashing out […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — A suspected member of the Islamic State group who was arrested in the Philippines last month has confessed to plotting attacks on targets in Kuwait, including the United States military and a Shiite religious hall, local media reported Wednesday. Judicial sources said Hussein al-Dhafiri, whose wife was also arrested, confessed to planning suicide attacks on a US military convoy and a Shiite hall, the Al-Rai daily reported. Kuwait’s […]
(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration said that the Syrian woman with alleged links to the international terror group ISIS, is still in the country. According to the Bureau of Immigration, the agency is still coordinating with the Syrian embassy regarding the deportation of Rahaf Zina who was earlier arrested together with her husband, Husayn al-Dhafiri, a Kuwaiti national. Immigration officers said that they are still waiting for tickets to deport the female Syrian […]
by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after Cairo declared a state of emergency following the attacks on two Coptic churches. The Islamic State group said it was behind the twin bombings that targeted services at churches in the cities of Tanta and Alexandria, and threatened further attacks. Sunday’s first bombing at the Mar Girgis church in Tanta city north of Cairo killed […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a Kuwaiti national and a Syrian woman believed to have direct links with the terrorist group ISIS. In a joint statement, the Department of Justice, Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation said Husayn Al-Dhafiri and Rahaf Zina, who claimed to be his wife, were apprehended by members of the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit on 28th St., Bonifacio Global City, on March 25. The BI worked in […]
