CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) blocked the entry of local fighters of the Islamic State (IS) in a town in Maguindanao, resulting in clashes, according to The Manila Times sources.

Sources said the jihadists were on their way to attack a Philippine army unit when they were blocked by MILF members in the village of Pusao in Shariff Saydona Mustapha on Tuesday afternoon.

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