Philippines: A Hub for Islamist Militants 🌏

A senior counterterrorism official has told the ABC Naveed and Sajid Akram underwent military-style training in the southern Philippines last month. Mindanao, the southern island of the Philippines, has been a hotbed for Islamist militants since the 1990s. Greg Barton, Professor of Global Islamic Politics at Deakin University tells The World's Girish Sawlani Filipino authorities "are still struggling to deal with jihadi extremist groups". 

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