Operation Enduring Freedom - Philippines

Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
Part of Insurgency in the Philippines, the War on Terror
Philippine Marines training with U.S. Marines
Date 15 January 2002 – February 24, 2015 Location Philippines Status Successful operation - Substantial reduction in capabilities of domestic and transnational terrorist groups operating in the Philippines
Belligerents
Government of the Philippines Armed Forces of the Philippines  United States (advisors) United States Armed Forces	Jihadist groups: Abu Sayyaf BIFF Maute Group Jemaah Islamiyah
Commanders and leaders
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (2001-2010) Benigno Aquino III (2010-2016) Donald C. Wurster (2002-2011)	Isnilon Totoni Hapilon Abu Sabaya † Khadaffy Janjalani † Albader Parad † Umbra Jumdail † Abu Bakar Bashir (POW) Marwan †
Strength
US Forces: 250–6,000 (Advisors/Trainers)	Abu Sayyaf: 300 Jemaah Islamiyah: 5,000
Casualties and losses
17 killed	328+ killed
Causes: Communist insurgency in the Philippines Islamic insurgency in the Philippines, 11 September 2001 attacks

Government of the Philippines

 United States (advisors)

Jihadist groups:

Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines (OEF-P) or Operation Freedom Eagle was part of Operation Enduring Freedom and the global War on Terror. The Operation targeted the various Jihadist terror groups operating in the country. By 2009, about 600 U.S. military personnel were advising and assisting the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the Southern Philippines. In addition, by 2014, the CIA had sent its elite paramilitary officers from their Special Activities Division to hunt down and kill or capture key terrorist leaders. This group had the most success in combating and capturing Al-Qaeda leaders and the leaders of associated groups like Abu Sayyaf.

The 1898 Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish–American War, with Spain ceding the Philippines to the United States. Islam had arrived in the Philippines before the Spanish. Spain had conquered the northern islands, and the southern islands had become Muslim strongholds. The Spanish cession included the islands of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago, and the ceded territory included the islands of the Sultanate of Sulu located in the Philippine archipelago where slavery and piracy had for centuries been practiced by the Moros. The Spanish had established coastal garrisons but had never controlled the jungle interiors of the islands.

...
Wikipedia