Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad.

Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at Camp Darapanan, the group's administrative foothold in the southern province of Maguindanao on Mindanao Island. Despite recent setbacks in the Mindanao peace process, Murad stressed that the group's commitment remains unchanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

Japanese ambassador in Manila visits Muslim rebel camp

COTABATO, Philippines - Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe (C) poses for photos at a vocational training facility for women in Maguindanao Province in the southern island of Mindanao on Aug. 18, 2011. Urabe visited Camp Darapanan, the administrative headquarters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest Muslim rebel group, in the province the same day and held talks with its leader Al Haj Ebrahim Murad. (Kyodo)