Abu Sayyaf
These Filipino Jihadists Want $100M to Release Hostages Abducted at Resort
“These people are serious and very treacherous,” pleads Canadian Robert Hall as one man holds a machete near his throat and yanks his head back in a new video. Another Canadian, a Norwegian and a Filipino were also abducted.
Canadian Hostages Snatched From Philippine Resort Plead for Lives in Video
In the video, Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall beg the Canadian and Filipino governments to stop military operations and to negotiate with their captors.
US Troops Killed a Top Islamic State Leader and Captured His Wife in a Raid in Syria
US special operations forces in Iraq reportedly carried out the raid, which also led to the rescue of a Yazidi woman who was possibly being kept as a slave.
'The Threat Is Real': The Islamic State Is Trying to Influence Political Parties in Malaysia
Prime Minister Najib Razak has tabled a white paper detailing the reach of the extremist group in the South East Asian country, from which dozens have left to fight in Syria and Iraq.
Filipino Islamist Militants Claim $5.6M Ransom Paid for German Hostages
After threatening a beheading, the al Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group has released two Germans held captive on a remote island in the Philippines since April.