Live Breaking News & Updates on Syrian Nationalist Army

Wives, Widows, and Mothers: The New Faces of Violent Extremism in the Philippines
Format
On the last Sunday morning in January 2019, a homemade bomb pierced through the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines. As parishioners scrambled toward the door for safety, a second bomb exploded near the church s entrance.
The twin suicide bombings left more than 20 people dead and more than 100 injured.
Philippine authorities later identified an Indonesian couple, Rullie Rian Zeke and Ulfah Handayani Saleh, as the suicide bombers. They were believed to have been members of the Islamic State-linked Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, an extremist organization banned in Indonesia, and recruited by a male militant known as Yoga. Authorities in Indonesia arrested Yoga several months later, in June, at which point he confessed to recruiting the couple for the bombings at the Roman Catholic cathedral. ....

Liban Sud , Islamic City Of Marawi , Sri Lanka , Lanao Del Sur , Lanao Del Norte , West Point , Sud Ouest , Panfilo Lacson , Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan , Rommelc Banlaoi , Nicholas Bequelin , Ulfah Handayani Saleh , Our Lady , Jamaah Ansharut Daulah , Rodrigo Duterte , Diana Theresem Veloso , Anne Speckhard , Terrorism Research , Amnesty International Asia Pacific Regional , Syrian Nationalist Army , Kurdistan Worker Party , International Center , Berkley Center , Terrorism Center At West Point , Abu Sayyaf Group , Philippine National Police ,