More suicide attacks in Philippines driven by ISIS influence

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MANILA A number of apparent suicide bombings in the Philippines over the past 12 months are a worrying escalation of militancy driven by the influence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in South-east Asia, security experts said. A decades-old Islamist insurgency...

As its"caliphate" crumbled in the Middle East, ISIS has stepped up its strategy of absorbing existing insurgent groups around the world and claiming their attacks.

The group has taken credit for Friday's blasts, as well as the deaths of over 30 people, killed in two previous attacks believed to be the work of suicide bombers. The Philippines is a key piece of territory because it is one of the few places in the region where ISIS can hold ground, like its affiliates did for five months in Marawi.

 

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