Abu Sayyaf - Wikipedia
WEBAbu Sayyaf (/ ˈ ɑː b uː s ɑː ˈ j ɑː f / ⓘ; Arabic: جماعة أبو سياف; Jamāʿat Abū Sayyāf, ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, is a Jihadist militant and pirate group that followed the Wahhabi doctrine of Sunni Islam.
National Counterterrorism Center | Groups - DNI
WEBThe 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 and the Sulu Archipelago. Split from the Moro National Liberation Front in the early 1990s, the group currently engages in kidnappings for ransom, bombings ...
Philippines unrest: Who are the Abu Sayyaf group? - BBC News
WEBApr 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 ransom, and for...
Abu Sayyaf Group | Islamic Militant Group in Philippines
WEB6 days ago · 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 origins are somewhat obscure, carried out terrorist attacks in the Philippines, including a series of high-profile kidnappings in.
Philippine police kill an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in 15 ...
WEBApr 26, 2024 · By JIM GOMEZ. Updated 3:15 AM PDT, April 26, 2024. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — 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 officials said Friday.
Abu Sayyaf Group (Philippines, Islamist separatists)
WEBMay 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 country’s Muslim minority.
Philippines unrest: Who are the Abu Sayyaf group? - BBC
WEBOct 16, 2017 · 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 ransom, and for...
Killing of key militant a success and worry for Philippines
WEBApr 12, 2017 · Former Abu Sayyaf militants identified Askali from a photo troops took of the young militant leader after his death, confirming that the gunmen who quietly cruised into Bohol on three...
Abu Sayyaf Group - CSIS
WEBNov 28, 2011 · Asia, Southeast Asia, Defense and Security, Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and Geopolitics and International Security. 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 political movements of the Moro …
Philippine troops kill Abu Sayyaf leader, rescue hostages
WEB22 Mar 2021. Philippine troops have killed a leader of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group and rescued four Indonesian hostages – one aged just 15 – who had been held for more than a year,...
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