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COTABATO CITY — Two soldiers and four members of a local terrorist group operating in the fashion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria were hurt in a clash in Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao del Sur on Tuesday.
JERUSALEM, unidentified — The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which Israel has vowed to destroy after it launched a shock attack on Israel Saturday that killed more than 1,200 people, has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007.
QAMISHLI, Syria—A Turkish air strike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training centre for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, a war monitor said.
Qamishli, Syria – A Turkish air strike on Monday killed 20 Kurdish security personnel and wounded dozens at a training centre for police in Kurdish-held northeast Syria, a war monitor said.
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Budget and Management has approved the release of a P1 billion fund to provide compensation for the victims of the Marawi siege.
The gunman who killed 38 people in a brutal casino rampage in the Philippines was seen on security camera footage firing his rifle in the air, setting fires and shooting at security forces.The so-called Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in Manila, but authorities say it was a botched robbery by a single gunman and there were no links to terrorism.After storming into the Resorts World Manila complex, he used petrol to torch gambling tables before fleeing to an adjoining hotel where he killed himself. The victims appeared to have died of smoke inhalation as they hid from the gunman, police said.At a news conference on Saturday, authorities described him as an English-speaking man in his 40s, 6ft tall and armed with an assault rifle.The taxi driver who dropped the man off at the casino said the man also spoke fluent Tagalog and appeared normal during the ride, said Manila police chief Oscar Albayalde.He said terrorism was unlikely because the gunman did not shoot anyone.«He could have shot everybody there,» Albayalde said.
Musa Muhammad stands at the site where 400 Islamist militants launched an invasion of the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga little over two years ago, sparking 20 days of heavy fighting with security forces. The ruins of his old house can be found there, amid several hundred other razed homes. Since then his family has lived in a sports stadium, refusing to move to a newly built house in another part of town.