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The Philippines announces that Islamic terrorist group Abu Sayyaf has been "fully dismantled", bringing an end to the decades-long jihadist insurgency. Twenty members of the group remain in Sulu and Basilan provinces, and negotiations are ongoing for their surrender.
2024-03-22

Two Islamic State operatives, including Abu Zacharia, a leader of Abu Sayyaf, are killed in separate operations by joint security forces in Marawi, Philippines.
2023-06-14

During a shootout with soldiers in Sulu, Philippines, Abu Sayyaf militants kills an Indonesian fisherman who was abducted early this year. A militant of the group also died in the fight.
2020-09-28

A soldier is killed and seven others injured after clashing with Abu Sayyaf militants in Patikul, Sulu, Philippines. Two militants also die in the fight.
2020-08-29

Militants believed to be Abu Sayyaf jihadists detonate two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. The first occurred as army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. The second was carried out by a female suicide bomber near the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral, which was bombed in 2019.
2020-08-24

Three Filipino soldiers are killed and 17 others injured in fighting with Abu Sayyaf militants in the province of Sulu, Philippines.
2016-12-11

Six Vietnamese sailors are kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf off the coast of the Philippines.
2016-11-12

Seven Indonesian sailors are kidnapped off the coast of Sulu near Mindanao in the southern Philippines raising terrorism fears.
2016-06-24

Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines agree on joint naval patrols after an increase in kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf militants.
2016-04-28

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak condemns the Philippine-based Abu Sayyaf's beheading of a Malaysian man. Businessman Bernard Then and a woman were kidnapped in May from the Malaysia-island Sabah; the woman was released last week. Philippine Colonel Restituto Padilla said the killing followed a "failure of the negotiations about money."
2015-11-18