The Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) has strengthened its intelligence monitoring to prevent possible sympathy attacks by Daesh-inspired groups amid the heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, an official said.
This came after newly-installed Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. directed to closely watch the threat groups that have sympathetic relations with other countries like Iran and Iraq.
“The order of the higher headquarters is to monitor all the threat groups, particularly the sympathizers within the area, who are Daesh-inspired groups,” Maj. Arvin John Encinas, Westmincom information officer, said on Wednesday.
Encinas said that among those being closely monitored is the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), which earlier pledged allegiance to the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known in Arabic as Daesh.
The founder of the ASG, Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, was known to have undergone training in Syria and has reportedly fought alongside Osama Bin Laden against the Russian forces in Afghanistan in the late 80s.
Janjalani, who founded the ASG in 1991, was killed in a clash with police forces on December 18, 1998 in the outskirts of Lamitan City, Basilan. The ASG had been involved in bomb attacks in key areas of the country in the past years.
Encinas said the other Daesh-inspired group being monitored is the Dawlah Islamiya, formerly known as the Maute group.
The group was founded by brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute in 2012 in Butig, Lanao del Sur. Both died in clashes against government troops.
Encinas said government troops are continuously pursuing the ASG bandits in the Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi areas, and the Dawlah Islamiya in Lanao del Sur.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1090330
This came after newly-installed Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, Lt. Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. directed to closely watch the threat groups that have sympathetic relations with other countries like Iran and Iraq.
“The order of the higher headquarters is to monitor all the threat groups, particularly the sympathizers within the area, who are Daesh-inspired groups,” Maj. Arvin John Encinas, Westmincom information officer, said on Wednesday.
Encinas said that among those being closely monitored is the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), which earlier pledged allegiance to the Islamic State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known in Arabic as Daesh.
The founder of the ASG, Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, was known to have undergone training in Syria and has reportedly fought alongside Osama Bin Laden against the Russian forces in Afghanistan in the late 80s.
Janjalani, who founded the ASG in 1991, was killed in a clash with police forces on December 18, 1998 in the outskirts of Lamitan City, Basilan. The ASG had been involved in bomb attacks in key areas of the country in the past years.
Encinas said the other Daesh-inspired group being monitored is the Dawlah Islamiya, formerly known as the Maute group.
The group was founded by brothers Abdullah and Omar Maute in 2012 in Butig, Lanao del Sur. Both died in clashes against government troops.
Encinas said government troops are continuously pursuing the ASG bandits in the Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi areas, and the Dawlah Islamiya in Lanao del Sur.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1090330
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