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.

Local ISIS attacks MILF strongholds in South Philippines (Sensitive Content Warning)

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