2 Sayyafs killed in South

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists were killed in separate clashes in southern Philippines, a hotbed of Muslim insurgency in the country, officials said Friday.

Troops kill terrorist, 5 others yield in South

COTABATO CITY – Security forces killed an alleged financier of the pro-ISIS group Dawlah Islamiya in a clash in the town of Datu Saudi Ampatuan in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao.

MILF forces attack army patrol in South

COTABATO CITY – Moro Islamic Liberation Front forces attacked a group of patrolling soldiers and sparked a gun fight in Maguindanao province, a stronghold of the former rebel group which signed a peace deal with Manila in March 2014.

Four soldiers wounded, gunmen killed in Sayyaf clashes

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Four soldiers were wounded and a still unknown number of gunmen were killed in fierce clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants in the southern island-province of Basilan, about 29 nautical miles south of here.

12 BIFF militants yield in Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY – Twelve members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters surrendered Wednesday to the police and military authorities in the restive Muslim province of Maguindanao in southern Philippines, officials said.

11 Sayyafs surrender in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military announced Wednesday the surrender of 11 Abu Sayyaf fighters, including their commander, in the southern Muslim island-province of Basilan, about 29 nautical miles south of here.

Sayyaf leader wanted by U.S. killed in Southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Filipino soldiers shot dead a senior Abu Sayyaf terrorist leader wanted by the United States for the July 2011 kidnapping of an American woman and her son in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga. 

69 rebels yield in southern Philippines

COTABATO CITY – At least 69 communist and Muslim rebels have surrendered to the military in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao where security forces are fighting to win hearts and minds in the restive region, officials announced Sunday.

Troops recover drugs, more weapons, bombs from terrorist camp

COTABATO CITY – Government troops who clashed with pro-ISIS militants have recovered not only a cache of weapons, but seized at least five kilos of crystal meth from the hideout of the Dawlah Islamiya fighters in Maguing town in the Muslim province of Lanao del Sur, officials announced on Thursday.

Sayyaf man eludes capture in Sulu town

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A lone Abu Sayyaf militant eluded capture after a firefight with security forces sent to arrest him in the town of Luuk in Sulu province, officials said Thursday.

Troops kill Sayyaf supporter, recover IED in Basilan

SECURITY FORCES recovered an improvised explosive after killing an Abu Sayyaf supporter on Monday in the southern Philippine province of Basilan, officials said.

7 insurgents surrender in South

COTABATO CITY - The Philippine military said seven insurgents have surrendered separately to government troops in Sultan Kudarat province in Mindanao as security officials urged members of rebel groups to return to the fold of the law.