Mindanao
AFP begins crackdown on Abu Sayyaf remnants, BIFF ahead of BARMM gun ban
Security officials warn that remnants of the Abu Sayyaf in Basilan, as well as BIFF in central Mindanao, could be exploited by local political actors during the election period
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