Could you briefly explain the distinctions between the three principal groups representing Muslim grievances in the present-day Philippines: the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the Moro Islamic ...

considered by many as the most extreme of the Moro separatist groups. As recently as five years ago, the black flags of the Islamic State flew over much of the island. Philippine helicopters ...

With 14,000 MILF fighters still armed and tensions rising among political clans, analysts warn the polls may reignite the fires of conflict.

America's bases in the Philippines played a vital role ... called the New People's Army (NPA) and a Muslim separatist group called the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) formed in the southern ...

THE PHILIPPINES is seeking a four-month extension for the $4-million project loan from the World Bank to transform former separatist guerilla bases into economic engines for the Bangsamoro Autonomous ...

The Moro rebel front was the largest secessionist Muslim insurgent group in the southern Philippines, the homeland of minority Muslims in the largely Roman Catholic nation, until it signed a 2014 ...

THE peace process with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would not be derailed despite the recent clash in Basilan between ...

A month before the 10th anniversary of the killing of 44 police commandos in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, two rebel commanders ...