BIFF leader is new IS emir in Southeast Asia: Report

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MILF mum on reports

 'Local ISIS fighters attack MILF position in Mindanao'

COTABATO CITY - Local Muslim militants allied with the Islamic State launched simultaneous attacks anew against the former rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the restive southern Filipino province of Maguindanao.

Troops capture wives of terror leaders in Southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police commandos backed by army soldiers arrested three women with links to the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials said Saturday.

Troops recover roadside bomb in North Cotabato

COTABATO CITY – Government troops recovered a roadside bomb in North Cotabato’s Pikit town in southern Philippines with security spokesman Maj. Andrew Linaw said the improvised explosive was lacking a mechanism to set it off.

Philippines holds son of Indonesian suicide bombers

BASILAN - The Philippines is holding the 15-year old son of an Indonesian suicide bombers following an operation by security forces against pro-ISIS groups Dawlah Islamiya and Abu Sayyaf in the southern Muslim province of Basilan.

5 killed, 3 wounded in fresh clashes in southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY - Government troops killed three local ISIS fighters in fierce clashes that left one soldier and a civilian dead and three more wounded in the Muslim province of Lanao del Sur in southern Philippines, police said Friday.

Security heightened in Philippines' South due to terror threats

MAGUINDANAO – The Philippine military heightened its security in the restive region of Mindanao following fresh threats of attacks from pro-ISIS militants, blamed by authorities for the series of bombings and killings in the South. 

Army, MILF capture young ISIS fighters in South

COTABATO CITY - The Philippine military on Saturday said army troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) members captured four young fighters of the local ISIS group in a rare joint operation in Lanao del Sur province in the restive Bangsamoro autonomous region, a hotbed of Muslim insurgency in the South.

IS declares war vs. MILF

MAGUINDANAO - Local ISIS fighters have declared a total war with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which signed a peace deal with Manila in 2014, and the recent attack by the militants on the former secessionist group in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao was not the first.