THE Philippines is not a primary target of international terror groups but government forces should remain on alert against local extremist groups in the southern Philippines, analysts said Sunday.

According to professor Bobby Tuazon, Director for Policy Studies and in-house policy analyst of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG), there are no intelligence reports indicating that Islamic State (IS) extremists have heightened operations outside the Middle East and Northern Africa and, recently, in Europe.

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