In Basilan, 2 dead as MILF fighters ambush soldiers

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Government leaders condemned the ambush staged by members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) against soldiers in Sumisip town, Basilan on Wednesday, in the most serious slide to violence against each other since the landmark peace deal in 2014. The Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion lost two soldiers in the ambush