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The Moro conflict [38] [39] [40] was an insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines which involved multiple armed groups. [41] [30] A decades-long peace process [38] [42] has resulted in peace deals between the Philippine government and two major armed groups, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) [43] and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), [44] but other smaller armed ...
The Spanish initiated the conflict by conquering the Philippines and invading Moro territory in an effort to subjugate the region to their rule in the 1500s. When the Spanish conquered the Islamic Kingdom of Maynila , a vassal of the Sultanate of Brunei , the Islamic rajah, Rajah Sulayman resisted the Spanish.
The Moro Rebellion (1902–1913) was an armed conflict between the Moro people and the United States military during the Philippine–American War.The rebellion occurred after the conclusion of the conflict between the United States and First Philippine Republic, and saw the US move to impose its authority over the Muslim states in Mindanao, Jolo and the neighboring Sulu Archipelago.
This is a chronology of the Moro conflict, an ongoing armed conflict in the southern Philippines between jihadist groups such as the Abu Sayyaf Group, the Maute Group, Jemaah Islamiyah, and Islamic State affiliates, mainstream separatist groups such as the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), and the ...
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a faction of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) which broke away in 1977, had signed a ceasefire agreement and begun talks with the Philippine government in 1997 after the MNLF affirmed the 1996 Final Peace Agreement. The MILF, however, ultimately rejected the 1996 Final Peace Agreement as ...
The civil conflict in the Philippines as of February 2019, ... Moro conflict (until February 2019) [7] Clashes between communists and the national government
The Homestead Program is one of the root-causes of the Moro conflict. [18] [19] Poverty, grievances of the Muslim population, weak rule of law and difficult terrain have made counterterrorism challenging against insurgents in the Southern Philippines. [20] On March 18, 1968, there was an alleged massacre of Moro soldiers in Corregidor Island.
The battle of Jolo, also referred to as the burning of Jolo or the siege of Jolo, [3] was a military confrontation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the government of the Philippines [1] [4] in February 1974 in the municipality of Jolo, in the southern Philippines. [5] [2]