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Don't worry about IS in Mindanao
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 07/12/2018
» Amplified by a suicide bombing and ongoing military clashes, alarm bells are ringing loudly across Southeast Asia: Mindanao, it seems, is in danger of becoming the next Syria. As local Muslim militants regroup following their siege of Marawi last year and foreign fighters associated with the Islamic State (IS) move in on the chaos, terrorism experts are pointing to the Philippines' second largest island as the epicentre of a new jihadist threat to stability across the region and beyond.
Media-driven panic fueling fears in Southeast Asia
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 22/09/2016
» As Southeast Asia faces a resurgence of terrorism under the blood-soaked brand of the Islamic State (IS), the region needs to takes to take a deep breath -- and resist the urge to panic.
Latest attacks show BRN's new strategy
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 29/03/2016
» Coming just less than two weeks apart, the recent car bomb on the outskirts of Pattani city and a major insurgent assault that invaded a hospital in Narathiwat indicate that beneath the surface of the violence sputtering across the southern border provinces the ground is shifting.
Rebels reject peace talks in deep South
News, Anthony Davis, Published on 12/10/2015
» The dominant insurgent faction in Thailand’s southern separatist conflict emerged last week to reject the Malaysian-led peace talks being held with the Thai government.