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2017 · 780 hostages were rescued. ASG continues to engage in terrorism activities and guerilla warfare · and 1 · and beheadings are particularly favoured tactics. In 2016 · ASG reportedly destroyed a bridge in the Basilan province with an improvised explosive device. · as well as targeting Christian and western individuals · clashing with and targeting the Philippines Armed Forces · Founded in the early 1990s · guerrilla warfare · however · in addition to kidnapping local or foreign targets who appear financially able to pay ransoms. In 2021 · in alliance with other IS-aligned militants · launched a siege on Marawi City · mass-casualty bombings · members of ASG's Islamic State (IS)-aligned Basilan faction · Philippines · that lasted five months. At least 45 civilians were killed during the siege · the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is a militant Islamist group with links to Al Qaida and Jemaah Islamiyyah. Ostensibly · the ASG primarily uses terrorism for profit: kidnap-for-ransom · the group's goal is the establishment of an Islamic state governed by Sharia Law in the south Philippines. In practice · two Canadian nationals were beheaded after being kidnapped this group. On May 23
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