2017/55, 12 September 2017
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the largest insurgent group in Muslim Mindanao and the one that has been involved in peace negotiations with the Philippine government for the past two decades, has stepped up its ‘armed offensives’ against local Islamic State-affiliated terrorist groups. This is a positive development for the counter-terrorism efforts in response to the ongoing Marawi City siege and a sign of the challenge these local Islamic State-affiliated terrorist groups pose to the MILF.
The article first appeared in The New York Times on 10 September 2017 and was published by TODAY on 11 September 2017.
Dr Ian Storey is Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.
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