ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military is holding a young Egyptian jihadist whose mother blew herself up in an attack on an Army checkpoint in 2019 in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Friday.
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MANILA: The Philippine military said on Monday it had received reports of the death of Radullan Sahiron, the remaining top leader of the militant Abu Sayyaf Group. Formed in 1991, ASG was initially heavily influenced by Al-Qaeda and has been notorious since the early 2000s for assassinations, extortion, and kidnappings. The group was a significant source of violent conflict