ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Philippine military on Saturday, December 2, announced the killing of 11 pro-ISIS fighters, including its chieftain, during what security officials branded as a "decisive military operation" in the Muslim province of Maguindanao del Sur where troops are battling hardened terrorist group Dawlah Islamiyah.

During the operations, which began Friday afternoon, the soldiers zoomed into the mountain hideout of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) in the village of Mount Tuayan in Datu Hoffer Ampatuan town, a major stronghold of the group fighting for the establishment of a caliphate in the South.

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