At least six suspected terrorists were killed in two days of fighting between the Philippine troops and Abu Sayyaf militant group over the weekend in the Southern city of Sulu, said the Philippine military on November 25.
Philippine security forces are on high alert against possible retaliatory attacks by Islamic State-inspired terror groups in the Philippines following IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi's death, said a military spokesman.
Philippine security forces have tightened security after a blast at a restaurant in the southern Philippine town of Isulan in Sultan Kudarat province wounded at least 18 people on April 3.
Security forces of the Philippines are intensifying their operation targeting militants with IS links who returned from the Middle East, said Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on March 19.
Philippine security forces on June 10 launched airstrikes and ground assaults on Islamist militants' lair in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines.
At least three soldiers were killed and 52 others wounded in the fight between government forces and insurgents in Marawi city of the Philippines’s southern island of Mindanao.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on August 30 has allowed the government army to decide suitable measures to take back areas that under insurgents’ control in the southern city of Marawi on Mindanao Island.
Up to 2,000 Philippine people are still stuck inside Marawi city of Mindanao, southern the Philippines, as fierce fighting between the Philippine security forces and Islamic militants continues.
The Philippine government announced that it will not participate in the fifth round of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which is scheduled to be held in the Netherlands later this month.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on May 24 he might declare martial law in the entire nation, after imposing military rules in the southern region of Mindanao to combat Islamic terrorists.
Philippine security forces killed the leader of the militant group Ansar Al-Khilafah Philippines (AKP) supporting the Islamic State (IS) in a clash early on January 5, the country's police chief said.
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