Abu Sayyaf

3 hostages escape Muslim militants in Philippines, 1 drowns

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine official: Abu Sayyaf harboring suicide bomber

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippine police: 5 church bombing suspects in custody

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Duterte sees bombed church, tells army to crush Abu Sayyaf

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippines: 66 alleged militants convicted in kidnappings

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

43 suspects in deadly Philippine bombings face criminal raps

Associated Press

Philippines checking reported killing of extremist leader

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Filipino extremist blamed for bombings, killings surrenders

Associated Press

Philippine troops capture suspected Spanish militant backer

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippines checks if key Malaysian extremist survived siege

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Philippines: 2 Indonesians escape from Abu Sayyaf captors

Associated Press

Filipino troops kill notorious Abu Sayyaf kidnapper in clash

Associated Press

Philippines: Foiled attack staged by IS-linked extremists

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

The Latest: Clashes with Abu Sayyaf raise tourism concerns

Associated Press

Philippine troops, suspected militants clash; 9 dead

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

Indonesian police arrest militants setting up jihadi camp

Associated Press

Philippines: 2 Malaysians rescued from Abu Sayyaf militants

Associated Press

Philippine marines find remains of beheaded German hostage

By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press

$The Obama administration disbanded the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines in the summer of 2014 on grounds that its mission had succeeded in fracturing the extremist groups to the point that they no longer posed a serious regional or international threat. (Associated Press)$