Philippines

Troops killed seven Abu Sayyaf fighters during a raid in Sulu. The target of the raid was Zulkifli bin Hir, the leader of the Kumpulun Mujahidin Malaysia and senior member of Jemaah Islamiyah, and Abu Benhur, an Abu Sayyaf commander.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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