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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives has urged a probe into the government’s list of supposed terrorists who are alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA). The left-leaning group said the House Committee on Human Rights, through Resolution 1807, should also condemn the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) list that was attached to the government petition seeking to declare the CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, and […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government hailed the inclusion of the Maute group in the United States list of foreign terrorist organizations. “The official designation of the Maute Group as an affiliate group of ISIS and its inclusion in the US list of foreign terrorist organizations are positive developments in the campaign against terrorism,” said Presidential Spokesperson harry Roque in a statement. “This reaffirms our long-held belief that the Maute Group is composed of local […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Various militant groups staged protest actions against the Department of Justice for the cases filed against their members, as well as to protest the declaration of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army as a “terrorist” organization.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — Facebook took part this week in key talks with European police agencies on how to stop and eliminate violent and terror-related Islamic jihadist posts, in an evolving battle against such propaganda. Representatives from the giant social network travelled to The Hague for Thursday’s unprecedented talks at Europol’s headquarters in the city, officials said Friday. They were also joined by Instagram officials and police from Britain, France and Belgium, aiming “to […]
Malaysian police have detained 20 alleged Islamic militants, including a leading member of an Indonesian extremist group and others believed to be planning to fight in the strife-torn southern Philippines. Authorities said they were the latest arrests of alleged extremists in Muslim-majority Malaysia, as fears grow militants who had been fighting with the Islamic State Group overseas are heading back to Southeast Asia after the jihadists’ losses in the Middle East. Police said the arrests […]
CARMEN, North Cotabato (Eagle News) — Patay ang labing isang miyembro ng Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) sa operasyon ng militar laban sa grupo sa Carmen, North Cotabato. Ayon Capt. Arvin John Encinas, tagapagsalita ng Army 6th Infantry Division, walo sa 11 miyembro ng BIFF ay nasawi sa airstrike na ikinasa ng militar sa Barangay Tonganon mula noong Martes. Nakubkob din ng army ang pinaniniwalaang training camp ng grupo. Ayon kay Encinas, nasugatan naman ang […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has declared the Communist Party of the Philippines New People’s Army as a “terrorist group.” This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque in a press briefing on Tuesday, December 5. “The President just asked me to announce this declaration,” he told reporters as he announced the President’s decision declaring the NPA as a terrorist organization. Roque said that it was clear in the declaration that President Duterte […]
By Samer Al-Atrush Agence France Presse Armed attackers on Friday killed at least 235 worshippers in a bomb and gun assault on a packed mosque in Egypt’s restive North Sinai province, in the country’s deadliest attack in recent memory. A bomb explosion ripped through the Rawda mosque frequented by Sufis roughly 40 kilometers west of the North Sinai capital of El-Arish before gunmen opened fire on those gathered for weekly Friday prayers, officials said. Witnesses […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Umani ng suporta sa mga senador ang plano ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na ideklara bilang terorista ang Communist Party of the Philippines at ang armed wing nito na New People’s Army. Ayon kay Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, matagal nang nawala ang ideolohiya ng CPP-NPA at ang tanging ginagawa na lamang ng grupo ay ang maghasik ng takot sa mga tao sa pamamagitan ng pagpatay, extortion, pagsusunog at pagsira ng mga […]
by Sylvie Lanteaume Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The United States is considering a stepped-up military presence in Africa to pursue Islamic State group jihadists looking for new havens after the fall of their “caliphate,” American officials say. After IS lost its de facto capital Raqa in Syria this month, and its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul earlier, the group “has aspirations to establish a larger presence” in Africa, the US military’s top officer General Joseph […]
(Eagle News) — Napatay ng tropa ng gobyerno ang isang sub-leader ng Abu Sayyaf Group sa isang engkwentro sa Sulu nitong Sabado. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Cirlito Sobejana, Commander ng Joint Task Force Sulu, napatay ng Marines si Abu Sayyaf Sub-Leader Bagong Muktadil sa isang engkwentro sa Barangay Silangkan, sa bayan ng Parang. Naka-engkwentro aniya ng puwersa ng Marines ang grupo ni Muktadil na nakasakay sa isang jungkong type na watercraft. Sinabi ni Sobejana na […]
