With a machete slung around his waist, Muamar Julani was planting coffee in a small field near his home surrounded by coconut trees. The 24-year-old is among former members of the Abu Sayyaf militant ...
Deep in the islands of Sulu province in the southern Philippines, people used to rush home as soon as the sun set, fearing that militants from the Abu Sayyaf group might launch attacks against ...
President Marcos awarded the highest military medal for combat to a deceased Army officer who was killed 15 years ago in a gunbattle with approximately 150 Abu Sayyaf Group ...
Jolo island has long been troubled by the presence of Abu Sayyaf militants, who are blacklisted by the United States and the Philippines as a terrorist organization because of years of bombings ...
1 million for information leading to the capture of seven Abu Sayyaf members who were responsible for disrupting the peace in Bohol. These militants had killed three soldiers and a policeman.
The most recent one, Abu Sayyaf, has degenerated into a notorious kidnapping group, which the government says is linked to al Qaeda. Dozens of foreign tourists and journalists have been held ...