A team of soldiers and police killed the "emir" of the Dawlah Islamiya in a 10-minute clash in Marawi City before dawn Wednesday.
The Philippine security authorities, announced Wednesday, the killing of the leader of the Daesh organization (...)
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) launched yesterday a project to distribute 5,000 food baskets to the needy families in Marawi City, Republic of the Philippines.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by representatives of (...)
Sprawled on the boarded-up balcony of a two-story house, the barrel of his rifle poked into a hole cut in the wood, the Philippine army sniper calls for quiet before taking his shot.
"Firing," he says evenly, before the .50 caliber shot rings out, (...)
Five decapitated civilians were found in a Philippine city occupied by rebels on Wednesday, the military said, warning the number of residents killed by rebel "atrocities" could rise sharply as troops retake more ground.
The discovery of the five (...)
The Daesh (so-caklled IS) group helped fund the month-long siege of a southern Philippine city through a Malaysian militant who was reportedly killed by troops, the Philippine military chief said Friday.
Gen. Eduardo Ano said that Malaysian Mahmud (...)
Philippine aircraft and troops launched a renewed push against militants in a southern city on Tuesday and a military spokesman said the aim was to clear the area by the weekend Eid festival, although there was no deadline.
The offensive came amid (...)
Four weeks since fierce fighting broke out in the southern Philippines, some people who fled the battle are dying in over-crowded and unsanitary evacuation centers, health officials say.
At least 24 people have died in the centers since fighting (...)
Fighting in Marawi City in the southern Philippines entered its fourth week on Tuesday with military officials conceding that troops were struggling to loosen the grip of fighters on downtown precincts despite relentless bombing.
Military spokesman (...)
US special forces have joined the battle to crush militants holed up in a southern Philippines town, officials said on Saturday, as government forces struggled to make headway and 13 marines were killed in intense urban fighting.
The Philippines (...)
Philippines troops thwarted an original plan drawn up by the militants now holed up in Marawi City to "spread terror" in a rampage of violence that would have given them full control of the southern town, the military said on Wednesday.
"There was (...)
Philippines troops found bundles of banknotes and checks worth about $1.6 million abandoned by militants holed up in Marawi City, a discovery the military said on Tuesday was evidence that the fighters were pulling back.
Fighters linked to Daesh (...)
Thousands of civilians hoping to flee fighting in the besieged Philippines city of Marawi remained trapped on Sunday after a four-hour ceasefire to evacuate residents was marred by gunfire.
Only 134 were freed on Sunday, less than on previous days, (...)
There was food and water— welcome commodities amid the frequent tears. There was, finally, safety, at least for the moment. And there were stories — stories of things that mothers and fathers hope never happen to their families.
At an evacuation (...)
Philippine forces control most of a southern city where militants linked to Daesh (the so-called IS) launched a bloody siege nearly a week ago, authorities said on Monday, as the army launched airstrikes and went house-to-house to crush areas of (...)
Philippine forces found the bodies of what appeared to be eight executed civilians as authorities launched fresh airstrikes on Sunday to drive militants linked to Daesh (the so-called IS) out of a besieged southern city. The death toll from six days (...)
Philippine military jets fired rockets at militant positions on Saturday as soldiers fought to wrest control of a southern city from gunmen linked to Daesh (the so-called IS), witnesses said. Civilians waved flags from their windows to show they are (...)
Father Teresito Soganub doesn't look like a Catholic priest and, from the outside, his cathedral doesn't look like a church.
In his parish, tucked away in Marawi, the only Islamic city in the Philippines, it's easier that way. “To avoid arguments (...)
