By New York Times |Published: March 10, 2019 8:31:32 am
How ISIS is rising in the Philippines as it dwindles in the Middle East
The group first made a big push for southern Philippines recruitment in 2016, circulating videos online beckoning militants who could not travel to its self-proclaimed caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Hundreds of fighters poured in from as far away as Chechnya, Somalia and Yemen, intelligence officials said.
(Written by Hannah Beech and Jason Gutierrez)
Across the islands of the southern Philippines, the black flag of the Islamic State is flying over what the group considers its East Asia province.
Men in the jungle, two oceans away from the arid birthplace of the Islamic State, are taking the terrorist brand name into new battles.
As worshippers gathered in January for Sunday Mass at a Catholic cathedral, two bombs ripped through the church compound, killing 23 people. The Islamic State claimed a pair of its suicide bombers had caused the carnage.
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Double bomb explosion in Philippines kills at least 27
At least 27 people have been killed by two bombs during during a church service in the southern Philippines.
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