Sayyaf number dwindles

THE NUMBER of Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern province of Sulu continues to dwindle following the steady surrender of members to the government and anti-terror campaign of the police and military.

Indon bomber, 2 Sayyafs captured in Sulu

SULU - Philippine authorities are holding an Indonesian suicide bomber and 2 Filipino terrorists after security forces raided an Abu Sayyaf hideout Saturday in the southern province of Sulu.

Scout Rangers capture Sayyaf camp

SULU - The Philippine Army seized an Abu Sayyaf encampment on Tuesday as troops continue to hunt down members of the terrorist group, who engineered last month’s twin suicide bombings in Sulu province, officials said.

2 Sayyafs surrender in Sulu

SULU – Two Abu Sayyaf militants surrendered separately to the Philippine Army in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Tuesday.

Fighting erupts in Sulu, 3 soldiers wounded

SULU – Three soldiers were wounded in a clash with pro-ISIS Abu Sayyaf fighters in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, security officials said Monday.

Bomb attack foiled in Sulu

SULU - The Philippine military said it thwarted a bomb attack in the capital town of Jolo in the southern province of Sulu barely a month after twin suicide bombings claimed by ISIS killed and wounded dozens of people.

Troops kill 2 Sayyafs in fresh ops in Sulu

SULU – Army soldiers killed 2 Abu Sayyaf fighters in a clash Saturday in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.