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Tag: Islamic State

Not really, says Rody; gunman an enigma

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday   downplayed claims of a terror attack by the Islamic State on the Resorts World incident Friday. Speaking to reporters...

Freedom run amid bombs, gunshots

Marawi—Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military airstrikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday, nearly two weeks after being trapped in...

8 foreigners among dead Maute men

AT LEAST eight foreign fighters, suspected to be members of the Islamic State, were killed fighting side by side with local extremists in Marawi...

Martial law and Marawi

There are three conclusions one can draw from the ongoing war in Marawi. One, ISIS or Islamic State is now in the Philippines.  Two,...

Drugs funding terrorism ­– Rody

DRUG money and not support from the Islamic State is fueling the ongoing terrorist activities by extremist groups in Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte said...

‘Maute aims IS setup in south’

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte told Congress Thursday night that the Maute terrorist group wanted to turn Mindanao into a separate Islamic state as he justified...

Duterte extends ‘hand of peace’ to terrorists

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he was taking one more chance to extend the hand of peace to the terrorists and to urge them...

Rody: Martial law in entire PH if…

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he may place the entire country under martial law if threat of terrorism for Islamic State-affiliated groups spill out...

Terror in Marawi

Daesh-inspired terror is coming closer to our doorsteps each day. This fact is underscored by the ongoing conflict in Marawi City, coming the day after...

ISIS now in Central Mindanao–Duterte

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday warned that the jihadist Islamic State forces have already migrated to the Central Mindanao from their lairs in Sulu...

Call Turkey’s bluff on arming Syrian Kurds

THE White House’s announcement that it would start directly arming the Syrian Kurds fighting Islamic State was greeted as big news. It was no...

Naia on ‘alert status’

AUTHORITIES put the country’s premier airport on full alert after the twin bombings in Quiapo, Manila, which an international security analyst warned could be...

Cleric’s bomb target; Cops rule out IS hand

POLICE believe a Shi’ite Muslim cleric was the likely target of explosions that killed two people in Quiapo, Manila, an official said Sunday, rejecting...

Govt junks IS bombing tale

THE Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the bomb blast that wounded 14 people in Quiapo, Manila on Friday, but the authorities insisted that...
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