Tag: islamist militants
PHL to add more elite troops as gov’t readies final assault in Marawi
(Eagle News) — The Philippine military is adding more elite troops for what they called the “final push” in Marawi City to rid this southern Philippine city of Islamic militants. The siege in Marawi City by Islamic State-linked Maute group has killed 819 people, mostly rebels, since the battle started on May 23. Major General Carlito Galvez Jr., the Western Mindanao Command chief, said that the government forces may take another three weeks for […]
Captives escape Abu Sayyaf after fake ransom
Three men kidnapped by Islamist militants in the southern Philippines escaped while their captors prayed, dodging bullets as they ran, police said Saturday after a ruse using fake ransom money failed. The fate of a fourth man who ran off in a different direction was unclear. The construction workers were taken to the police on Jolo island on Friday, four weeks after being abducted by the Abu Sayyaf group, which is holding more than […]
Joint patrol, nakatakdang ilunsad ng PHL at Indonesia sa Celebes Sea
(Eagle News) — Magsasagawa ng joint patrol ang Pilipinas at Indonesia sa Celebes Sea ngayong papasok na linggo. Ito ay upang mapigilan na makalusot sa rehiyon ng Mindanao ang mga Islamist militant. Ayon kay Armed Forces – Eastern Mindanao Command Spokesperson Major Ezra Balagtey, layunin ng joint patrol ang pagpapalakas sa border security ng Davao Gulf, at ng common boundary ng dalawang bansa sa southern archipelago, partikular na sa Celebes Sea. Ang barko ng dalawang […]
PHL military says “leadership crisis,” money problems affecting Islamist militants in Marawi City
Gov’t recovers 347 firearms, hundreds of communications equipment from terrorist groups (Eagle News) — The Philippine military said that they have recovered at least 347 firearms and hundreds of communications equipment from Islamist militants who continue to hold on to a “limited” area of Marawi City, as they announced to the public that there is a leadership crisis in the Islamist terrorists’ group. Task Force Marawi spokesperson Lt. Col. Jo-ar Herrera said that the […]
Authorities: Islamist militants in Marawi killing, enslaving civilians
Islamist militants holding parts of a Philippine city are killing civilians who try to flee while using others as orderlies and cooks, authorities said Tuesday after the gunmen boasted of executions. There are around 1,000 people trapped in the parts of Marawi city that the militants control, the government said, three weeks after fighting erupted with members of the Maute group that has pledged allegiance to the international terrorist group Islamic State. Authorities say 400 gunmen […]
News in photos: Children among those rescued by gov’t troops as fighting continues in Marawi City
Philippine soldiers continue to battle Islamist militants in Marawi City
(Eagle News) — Philippine government forces continued to battle Islamist militants in Marawi City as intelligence reports revealed that the Maute group had been reinforced not only by Abu Sayyaf rebels, but from other terror elements in Mindanao. Former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said that the Islamist militants were under the leadership of Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the kidnapping-for-ransom gang Abu Sayyaf that is also believed to have only a few hundred gunmen […]
3 Indonesian fishermen missing off Philippines: govt
Three Indonesian fishermen have gone missing in waters off the southern Philippines, Manila said Saturday, an area that has seen repeated kidnappings for ransom by Islamist militants. Authorities said the three Indonesians went missing on Wednesday in waters bordering the Philippines and Malaysia but the circumstances of their disappearance were still unknown. “They are missing but we don’t have confirmation yet on who took them and where they were taken,” regional military commander Major General […]
Philippine militants threaten to behead German hostage
(Reuters) — Al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants in the Philippines said on Thursday (October 2) they will kill one of two German captives on Oct. 17 unless their demands are met. Rebels from the Abu Sayyaf group captured the two Germans sailing on a yacht from the western island of Palawan to the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah in April. The militants are demanding a 250 million pesos ($5.6 million) ransom and forGermany to stop supporting U.S.-led air strikes against Islamic State militants inSyria. “We will take […]
Air strikes vs. Islamist militants in Iraq, authorized
United States president Barack Obama approved the use of targeted missile strikes against Islamist militants if they threaten Americans stationed in Iraq.
Iraqi forces kill 57 Islamist militants in Sunni province
BAGHDAD Mon Feb 3, 2014 2:49pm EST (Reuters) – Iraqi troops and allied tribesmen killed 57 Islamist militants in Anbar province on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, in advance of a possible assault on the Sunni Muslim rebel-held city of Falluja. There was no independent verification of the toll among the militants, said to be members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a jihadi group also fighting in the civil war […]
