Filipinos joining jihadists in Iraq and Syria

On Aug 11, 2014

Dozens of militants in the Philippines – some of them orphaned by conflicts in the southern island of Mindanao – are joining jihadists now waging war in Iraq and Syria, a local newspaper said.

A document from the Foreign Ministry in Manila pegged the number of Filipinos who have joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at “close to 200”, according to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report yesterday.

The newspaper quoted the ministry document as saying that at least 100 of them went to Iran, where they underwent military training, before they were deployed in Syria.

Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte told a news briefing yesterday that immigration and security forces are checking the report.

Source: the Strait Times

M. Wassouf

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