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endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 5) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines has concluded its rescue and retrieval operations on the Air Force C-130 aircraft that crashed in Patikul, Sulu, leaving 52 dead — the country's deadliest military air disaster in at least four decades. "We have already completed our rescue and retrieval (operation)," AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said in a text message to CNN Philippines on Monday. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana confirmed on Monday night that the latest death toll in Sunday's crash increased to 52 after the remains of ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday, May 28, took custody of eight Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants who were captured by Malaysian authorities in Sabah, Malaysia earlier this month. Ranking officials of the Western Mindanao Command and Malaysia's Eastern Sabah Security Command dis

Wives, Widows, and Mothers: The New Faces of Violent Extremism in the Philippines Format On the last Sunday morning in January 2019, a homemade bomb pierced through the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines. As parishioners scrambled toward the door for safety, a second bomb exploded near the church's entrance. The twin suicide bombings left more than 20 people dead and more than 100 injured. Philippine authorities later identified an Indonesian couple, Rullie Rian Zeke and Ulfah Handayani Saleh, as the suicide bombers. They were ...

Alleged foreign terrorist, two others killed in Sulu clash enablePagination: false (FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 17) — A suspected foreign terrorist and two alleged members of the Abu Sayyaf Group were killed in an encounter with soldiers Friday evening, the Armed Forces reported. The AFP Western Mindanao Command on Saturday identified the alleged foreign terrorist as a certain Yusop – the stepson of an Egyptian national who was also killed by the military in November 2019. He's also the son of another Egyptian national who was reportedly behind a suicide bombing in S...

MANILA: An Egyptian national was among three militants killed in a clash with government forces late on Friday in the southern Philippines province of Sulu, officials said. Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan, Jr. said the firefight took place around 10:45 p.m. in the Igasan village of Patikul town. Troops carrying out operations in the area clashed with