AFP spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala. 蜜桃工作室 FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥揟he Armed Forces of the Philippines said no Filipino rebels have been spotted training or joining extremists fighting for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Lt. Col. Ramon聽Zagala, AFP spokesman, made this clarification Wednesday in reaction to reports quoting former President Fidel Ramos as saying that there were at least 100 Filipinos now reportedly training with jihadists in the ISIS.
Ramos had said the Abu Sayyaf Group and the聽Bangsamoro聽Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), which broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, have reportedly infiltrated Iraq to undergo training to return and be jihadists.
But聽Zagala聽said the military intelligence had not monitored any Filipinos present in the ISIS.鈥揅ynthia D.聽Balana聽