but gov't wouldn't let them ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – “We want to go, but there’s no sea there,” said Rufaida Marrudin as she held her grandson inside her makeshift shelter ...

Authorities arrested a member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) involved in various violence here and in the provinces of Basilan ...

Zamboanga City is recovering, slowly ... The majority of those still in the camps are Muslims caught up in a war they knew nothing about. This place is an expanse of the dispossessed.

Philippines military forces may also have violated the laws of war by turning the largest hospital in Zamboanga City, the Zamboanga City Medical Center, into a veritable garrison. After the ...

don’t make this city a staging ground for your warfare.’ Right then I had a sad suspicion that Zamboanga will put up a wall. This has gone too far. It has pushed them to the brink. We grew up trying ...

Welcome to Zamboanga, a province in the southern Philippines where a war between military troops and rebel fighters ... rebels have surrendered after a two-week siege of this city. The rebels attacked ...

The real war has just begun: the restoration of trust between Muslims and Christians who have peacefully co-existed in the peninsula ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – I arrived in this city on the ...

Beyond remembrance, the event also highlighted the need for continued support for war veterans and their families, ensuring their heroism is honored not just in ceremonies but through sustainable ...

The Philippine government does not see the need for international help in rebuilding southern Philippine city of Zamboanga, which was devastated by the more than two weeks of skirmishes between ...

He said the violence, involving followers of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founder Nur Misuari, was not affecting only followers of a particular religion but all of Zamboanga City.

Unseen and ensconced in an undisclosed place in Zamboanga City, President Aquino has been issuing directives to military commanders to flush out followers of Nur Misuari, founding chair of the ...