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News channel or source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/24/philippines-tourism-sulu-jolo-tawi/
Published on: Tuesday 24 December 2024
TAWI-TAWI, Philippines — As rebrands go, the southern islands of the Philippines face what has to be among the toughest challenges. For a long time, these jungled islands were known as sites of war ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Tourism: What to know about a Philippines region with militant history visited by Bondi Beach suspects
News channel or source: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-asia/2025/12/what-to-know-about-a-philippines-region-with-militant-history-visited-by-bondi-beach-suspects
Published on: Wednesday 17 December 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The southern Philippines once drew small numbers of foreign militants aligned with al-Qaida or the Islamic State group to train in a secessionist conflict involving minority ...
News Philippines » Muslim Mindanao » Tourism: In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgame
News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/05/23/in-the-philippines-a-decades-long-conflict-nears-its-endgame
Published on: Thursday 23 May 2024
AHOD “AL HAJ MURAD” EBRAHIM spent most of his life waging war against the Philippine government in the jungles of Mindanao, in the country’s south. These days the septuagenarian rebel is behind a desk ...