The perpetrators belonged to Abu Sayyaf, the Philippine militant group that has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). On February 27, the group released the one minute ...

Under the overall command of Isnilon Hapilon, the wiry leader of the Filipino jihadi Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), militants have held Marawi – a city of 200,000 – for over a month, defiantly facing ...

Abu Sayyaf is one of several groups in the Philippines to have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern ...

Lawmen arrested two wanted members of the Abu Sayyaf Group who had been hiding for over two decades, the National Capital ...

Philippine forces killed an Abu Sayyaf militant, who had been implicated in past beheadings, including of 10 Filipino marines and two kidnapped Vietnamese, in a clash in the south, police ...

Dec. 20, 2001 -- U.S. officials believe there are strong historic links between Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network and the Philippines' decade-old Abu Sayyaf rebel group, but officials ...

A court has sentenced to life 17 Islamic militants for kidnapping 21 people, including European tourists and Asian workers, from a dive resort in Malaysia more than two decades ago. The Filipino ...

LAWMEN have arrested in a law enforcement operation a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) involved in violent incidents in ...

Authorities arrested a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) involved in various violence here and in the provinces of Basilan ...