Saturday, July 1, 2017

US, Philippines hold naval patrol to deter Islamist "militants"

The United States and Philippine navies held a joint naval patrol on Saturday in dangerous southern Philippine waters, amid rising international concern about Islamist militancy and piracy in the region.


US Navy littoral combat ship USS Coronado joined a Philippine Navy frigate, BRP Alcaraz, in patrolling the Sulu Sea where numerous pirate attacks on commercial shipping have been made since 2015.
 [ahram.org.eg/Reuters]
1/7/17

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