Army probes alleged extortion along South Cotabato-Davao Sur border

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Army’s 10th Infantry Division (10ID) is investigating reports of alleged armed extortionists terrorizing indigenous communities along the South Cotabato–Davao del Sur border. Major Ruben Gadut, 10ID spokesperson, told the Inquirer in a phone interview on Friday afternoon, August 21, that perso

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir toured southern Syria, warning that Israel would act to prevent terrorist threats and the emergence of a significant military threat along its borders.

Israel’s army chief said Wednesday during a visit to an Israeli-occupied security zone in southern Syria that the military would not allow threats to “establish themselves” on the border.“We are monitoring the changes on the Syrian front; we will not allow hostile forces to establish themselves on our borders, and we w