12 Sayyaf terrorists yield in Basilan after death of leader

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Philippine Army paraded Wednesday a dozen Abu Sayyaf fighters who surrendered following the killing of a senior pro-ISIS leader and bombmaker in the southern Muslim province of Basilan, officials said.

Peace now reigns in Sulu

'Sulu is now Abu Sayyaf-free'

SULU - Philippine authorities have finally declared the whole of the southern province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting with officials saying the extremist Muslim group had been defeated.

2 Sayyaf men surrender in Sulu, 14 towns now Abu-Sayyaf-free

SULU - Two Abu Sayyaf fighters have surrendered to the government as the military declared 14 municipalities in the southern Muslim province of Sulu as Abu Sayyaf-free after decades of fighting.

Egyptian, Filipino jihadists surrender in southern Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.

13 Sayyafs surrender in Sulu

SULU - The Philippine military on Saturday said 13 Abu Sayyaf terrorists had surrendered in the southern province of Sulu with officials calling on other pro-ISIS gunmen to return to the fold of the law and live peacefully with their families.

Security forces seize P1.4-B contraband in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Some P1.4 billion worth of smuggled cigarettes were seized by security forces following a raid at a warehouse in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, the military said.

Scout Ranger killed, another wounded in Basilan ambush

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Gunmen killed a member of the Philippine Army’s Scout Ranger regiment and wounded another in an ambush Tuesday in the restive Muslim province of Basilan.

Number of Sayyafs dwindle in Sulu

SULU – The Philippine military said the number of Abu Sayyaf members continues to dwindle in Sulu as the provincial government strongly pursues peace and development efforts in the province, once a stronghold of the extremist group.

2 Sayyaf terrorists yield in Sulu

SULU - Two Abu Sayyaf terrorists have surrendered to the military authorities in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, once a stronghold of the dreaded pro-ISIS group.

New military chief vows to work hard for peace in Sulu

SULU – New Western Mindanao Command Chief Maj. Gen. Roy Galido vowed to continue various peace and development projects in Sulu and at the same time assured government leaders of the military’s steadfast resolve to eliminate all the remaining threats in the province.

Philippine Army to train Sulu ‘Bantay Dagat’ task force members

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Close to 400 government militias in the southern Philippine province of Sulu are set to undergo military training as part of a security task force that will help protect marine environment and enforce coastal laws.

Scout Rangers deployed in Basilan

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Army has pulled out the 5th Scout Ranger Battalion from the southern province of Sulu and deployed it to Basilan province, a known stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf and Moro Islamic Liberation Front, security officials said.

7 Sayyafs terrorists yield in Sulu

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Seven Abu Sayyaf terrorists have surrendered to the military in the southern Philippine province of Sulu with officials saying that since January 174 members of the notorious Muslim extremist group had returned to the fold of the law.

Troops capture Sayyaf man after clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine military captured a wounded Abu Sayyaf following a gunfight with security forces in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Wednesday.

MNLF to help Philippine military fight Abu Sayyaf

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has renewed its commitment to peace and vowed to fight alongside the Philippine security forces against the pro-ISIS group Abu Sayyaf in the southern Sulu province.

3 soldiers wounded in Sayyaf clash

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three soldiers were wounded in a clash with Abu Sayyaf militants in a remote village in Sulu’s Indanan town in southern Philippines, officials announced late Sunday.

Troops disarm Sayyaf bomb

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Patrolling soldiers recovered an Abu Sayyaf improvised explosive on a village in Sulu’s Indanan town in southern Philippines, officials said, adding it was the fifth homemade bomb discovered in the province since early this year.

Troops clash with Sayyafs in Sulu

SULU – Army soldiers clashed Saturday with a band of Abu Sayyaf fighters in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said.