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Richel V. Umel/BenarNews A suspected militant and close associate of the slain Islamic State branch leader in the Philippines was killed in a shootout with police in the south, authorities said. Arrasid Adjing Halissam (also known as Guru Ara), a suspect wanted in connection with bombings and kidnappings in the southern Philippines, was shot dead when he resisted arrest by firing at officers as they moved to serve him with a warrant in Zamboanga City, regional police chief Brig. G...

Alleged aide of late Abu Sayyaf leader Hapilon killed in Zamboanga City enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 2) – Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Arrasid Adjing Halissam, also known as Guru Ara, was killed in a police operation in Zamboanga City on Tuesday. Police said Ara, a "trusted aide" of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon, tried to evade arrest when they served a search warrant in Margarita Drive, Barangay San Roque. Ara, also a facilitator of the late M...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 1 → How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues By BULATLAT STAFF An independent judiciary is integral in a democratic society. After the ouster of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution included provisions guarding freedoms fought for by those who resisted the former dictator. While safeguards against ano...

[Handout/Robinson Niñal/Presidential Photo/PCOO] The Catholic Church’s highest official in the southern Philippines on Friday endorsed a term extension for ex-separatist leader Murad Ebrahim as head of an autonomous Muslim region. Murad, who leads the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA), told BenarNews last month that he was lobbying to have his term extended beyond its scheduled expiry in 2022. He said he needed more time to pursue reforms hampered by the coronavirus pande...

Handout/Polomolok Police Five suspected members of an Islamic State-linked Filipino militant group, including a senior lieutenant to its leader, were killed during separate raids by government security forces in the southern Philippines on Thursday, police said. One of the Ansar al-Khilafah Philippines (AKP) suspects, identified as Kamarudin Sante, 43, was killed in a shootout with police as he resisted arrest during an early morning operation in Polomolok, a town in South Cotabat...

Philippines: Islamic State militants hold dozen Catholic hostages, torch buildings Philippines: Islamic State militants hold dozen Catholic hostages, torch buildings Army Tanks Packed With Soldiers Rolled Into A Southern Philippine City On Thursday As Gunfire And Explosions Rang Out After Militants Linked To The Islamic State Group Torched Buildings, Seized More Than A Dozen Catholic Hostages And Raised The Black Flag Of ISIS. PTI | Updated on: 25 May 2017, 12:07:4...

ISIS weapons depot located by the Iraqi army north of Baghdad. Rockets found in the weapons depot (Facebook page of Iraqi Army Spokesman Yahya Rasoul, December 20, 2020) Three ISIS operatives detained by the Iraqi Counterterrorism Apparatus (Facebook page of the Iraqi Counterterrorism Unit, December 19, 2020) Main events of the past week Routine attacks continued in ISIS’s various provinces in Syria, Iraq and throughout Africa and Asia. Noteworthy examples: Syria: routine activity continued i...

Mark Navales/BenarNews The Philippine government formally transferred control of the southern city of Cotabato to an autonomous Muslim region on Tuesday, amid tight security against potential attacks by Islamic State-linked militants. During a ceremony here supporters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a former rebel group, shouted “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) as Interior Secretary Eduardo Año handed over documents that officially named the southern city as part of ...