Abu Sayyaf (/ ˈ ɑː b uː s ɑː ˈ j ɑː f / ⓘ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG), [26] officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, [27] was a Jihadist …

Apr 26, 2016 · Abu Sayyaf is one of the smallest and most violent jihadist groups in the southern Philippines. Its name means "bearer of the sword" and it is notorious for kidnapping for...

Feb 18, 2025 · Abu Sayyaf Group, militant organization based on Basilan island, one of the southern islands in the Philippine archipelago. Beginning in the mid-1990s, the group, whose …

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is a Philippines-based Islamic extremist organization with historical links to al-Qa‘ida. The group formed in 1991 when it splintered from the Moro Islamic …

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is the most violent of the Islamic separatist groups operating in the southern Philippines and claims to promote an independent Islamic state in western Mindanao …

The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is an Islamic separatist organization based in the southern Philippines. It seeks an independent Islamic state for the Filipino Muslim minority, known as …

Apr 26, 2024 · 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 …

May 27, 2009 · Abu Sayyaf, whose name means "bearer of the sword" in Arabic, is a militant organization based in the southern Philippines. It seeks a separate Islamic state for the …

Jul 30, 2022 · The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is an Islamist terrorist organization that seeks to establish an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines. ASG is known for …

Nov 28, 2011 · Founded in the early 1990s as a Filipino Muslim (Moro) terrorist organization, the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) emerged as a more violent Islamist alternative to the stagnated …