Four people are killed and around 50 others are injured in a bombing during a Catholic Mass at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Bangsamoro, Philippines. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the bombing. 2023-12-3
Bomb maker Mundi Sawadjaan, a leader of Abu Sayyaf and suspect in the 2020 suicide bombings in Sulu, is killed by security forces during a military operation in Basilan, Philippines. 2023-12-2
Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters rebels storm a school in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines, and take civilians hostage. 2017-06-21
At least 14 are killed in clashes with suspected Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu, Philippines. 2016-11-18
Abu Sayyaf frees a Norwegian hostage for a ransom of ₱30 million (US$638,000) and releases three kidnapped Indonesians from Sabah. 2016-09-17
Three people, including a pregnant woman, are kidnapped in Patikul, Sulu, in the Philippines Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. No group has claimed responsibility, though Abu Sayyaf is suspected. 2016-08-6
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant declares war on the Philippines. 2016-06-22
Philippine officials report four Indonesian sailors were kidnapped last night off the Philippines' southernmost town of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, near Malaysia's Sabah state. Seven gunmen in a blue speedboat attacked two Indonesian-flagged tugboats. Six other sailors, including one who was shot, were not taken by ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf militants. 2016-04-16
Philippine security forces kill as many as 42 ISIL-linked militants, and captures their stronghold in the predominantly Muslim Lanao del Sur province. Three Philippine Army soldiers were also killed during the fighting. 2016-02-26