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ABU SAYYAF VIDEO 'SHOWS BEHEADING OF GERMAN HOSTAGE'


Abu Sayyaf is a small, but highly active group known for beheading, kidnapping, bombing and extortion in the south of the country... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 3475

FILIPINO TERRORISTS BEHEAD GERMAN HOSTAGE RELEASE VIDEO


He added that the Philippines is seeking foreign assistance to locate the remaining hostages... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 3380

PHILIPPINE MILITARY KILLS ABU SAYYAF COMMANDER


Philippine troops have killed an Abu Sayyaf commander wanted for kidnapping and attacks on foreign ships, a military official said on Sunday... READ MORE

13th August, 2017 2963

A RAID ON ISIS YIELDS A TROVE OF INTELLIGENCE


American counterterrorism analysts have learned new information about the Islamic State's hierarchy... READ MORE

9th June, 2015 2944

FEW SIGNS OF CANADIAN INVESTIGATION INTO ABU SAYYAF BEHEADINGS IN PHILIPPINES


He would like Canada to help the Philippines with military training and development in impoverished areas in the south where Abu Sayyaf thrives... READ MORE

31st March, 2017 2809

ABU SAYYAF FREES NORWEGIAN HOSTAGE KJARTAN SEKKINGSTAD


READ MORE Inside Abu Sayyaf Blood, drugs and conspiracies Philippine official Jesus Dureza said Sekkingstad was handed over to the rebel group Moro National Liberation Front... READ MORE

18th September, 2016 2752

U.S. TROOPS KILL TOP ISIL COMMANDER IN RAID INSIDE SYRIA


Announced it had conducted a raid in eastern Syria, killing a senior Islamic State leader and capturing his wife... READ MORE

16th May, 2015 2596

ARMY 'KILLS ABU SAYYAF COMMANDER' BLAMED FOR BEHEADINGS


Ano said troops took the picture of Askali after his death and that captured Abu Sayyaf fighters identified the the young commander... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 2275

ABU SAYYAF FREES THREE INDONESIAN HOSTAGES


Abu Ramie, a spokesman for Abu Sayyaf, said the group received a 638,000 ransom for Sekkingstad's release... READ MORE

18th September, 2016 2158

FILIPINO TROOPS KILL COMMANDER OF GROUP THAT KIDNAPPED, BEHEADED CANADIANS


Leader's body identified by other captured abu sayyaf militants, says philippine military chief... READ MORE

29th April, 2017 1790

ABU SAYYAF CAPTIVE BEHEADED IN PHILIPPINES, SAYS ARMY


The Philippine army says Abu Sayyaf fighters have beheaded one of four Filipino fishermen they took captive in December... READ MORE

17th April, 2017 1745

PHILIPPINES CONDEMNS 'BARBARIC' KILLING OF GERMAN HOSTAGE


Jurgen kantner among 26 hostages held by militant group abu sayyaf... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 1601

FIGHTERS KILLED BY MILITARY AS SIEGE CONTINUES


At least nine fighters killed as military conflict with Abu Sayyaf and Maute groups continues in the Philippines... READ MORE

10th August, 2017 993

DAVAO BOMBING: PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS'


Soon after becoming president Mr Duterte launched peace talks with communists, who last week agreed to an indefinite ceasefire... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 874

DOUBT CAST ON ROLE OF ISIS LEADER KILLED BY SPECIAL FORCES IN SYRIA


The Pentagon said the raid killed Abu Sayyaf who it said was an instrumental figure in black market oil smuggling... READ MORE

17th May, 2015 779

ABU SAYYAF GROUP BEHEADS CANADIAN HOSTAGE


The Abu Sayyaf group, the military source said... READ MORE

13th June, 2016 534

PHILIPPINES SAYS KEY FIGURE LINKED TO BEHEADINGS OF CANADIANS IS DEAD


Five other Abu Sayyaf gunmen, three soldiers and a policeman also were killed in Tuesday's clashes... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 501

DUTERTE DECLARES 'STATE OF LAWLESSNESS' AFTER DEADLY PHILIPPINE BLAST


Video provided by AFP Newslook Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte C arrives at the site of an explosion at a market in Davao City... READ MORE

3rd September, 2016 364

CANADIAN HOSTAGE BEHEADED BY ISLAMIST MILITANTS IN PHILIPPINES


Canadian hostage John Ridsdel, a former mining executive, has been killed by Abu Sayyaf militants in the Philippines, a Canadian government official has confirmed... READ MORE

26th April, 2016 309

18 SOLDIERS KILLED BY ABU SAYYAF IN THE PHILIPPINES


Abu Sayyaf was founded in 1991 in Basilan, about 880km south of the capital, Manila... READ MORE

10th April, 2016 253

'ABU SAYYAF' ATTACKS S KOREAN SHIP


They identified themselves as Abu Sayyaf Group members ...... READ MORE

21st October, 2016 251

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS


Philippine military officials said in February 2012 that an early morning airstrike on Jolo Island had killed Mr... READ MORE

27th January, 2015 220

NORWEGIAN HOSTAGE FREED IN PHILIPPINES BY ABU SAYYAF


A Norwegian man held hostage by Philippine militant group Abu Sayyaf is released after being held more than a year, CNN Philippines and state-run media report... READ MORE

17th September, 2016 209

PHILIPPINES CONFIRMS KILLING OF CANADIAN HOSTAGE


In March, Abu Sayyaf abducted 10 sailors from Indonesia, and in April the group seized four sailors from Malaysia... READ MORE

14th June, 2016 206

ISLAMIST MILITANTS BEHEAD CANADIAN MAN IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES


In November, Abu Sayyaf militants decapitated a Malaysian hostage on the same day that the Malaysian prime minister arrived in Manila for a summit... READ MORE

26th April, 2016 184

FILIPINO TROOPS KILL KEY COMMANDER BLAMED FOR BEHEADINGS OF CANADIANS


The remains of a key Abu Sayyaf commander Moammar Askali have been recovered and identified in the scene of a battle on Bohol island... READ MORE

12th April, 2017 147

PHILIPPINE OFFICIALS CONFIRM CANADIAN HOSTAGE WAS BEHEADED


The United States and the Philippines have both listed the Abu Sayyaf as a terrorist organization for kidnappings, beheadings and bombings... READ MORE

14th June, 2016 113

PHILIPPINE MILITANT GROUP POSTS VIDEO CLAIMING TO SHOW BEHEADING GERMAN HOSTAGE


In November 2015, Abu Sayyaf militants decapitated a Malaysian hostage on the same day that the Malaysian prime minister arrived in Manila for a summit... READ MORE

27th February, 2017 106

CASH, NOT CALIPHATE, DRIVES KIDNAPPERS IN PHILIPPINES


Roy Trinidad, a former commander in the Philippines Special Forces who spent years going after Abu Sayyaf in the jungles of the south... READ MORE

16th June, 2016 100

MULTI-NATION PATROL TO TARGET ISIL-LINKED ABU SAYYAF


Lorenzana, who identified the Abu Sayyaf and other armed groups as the Philippines' top security threat, said the kidnappings were embarrassing to the whole world ... READ MORE

9th March, 2017 87


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