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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles (from L) are seen at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process, in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014.

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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a speech at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014.

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MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview in June 2014.

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Philippine Muslim rebels sign peace pact with gov't

MANILA, Philippines - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, signs a comprehensive peace agreement with the central government at the Presidential Palace in Manila on March 27, 2014, ending 17 years of negotiations and more than four decades of insurgency mainly in the southern island of Mindanao. MILF Chairman Al Haj Murad Ebrahim (far L, back), Philippine President Benigno Aquino (2nd from R, back), and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (3rd from R, back), who served as facilitator, and others witnessed the signing.

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Mindanao rebels agree to disarm, paving way for peace deal with gov't

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A representative of the Philippine government (L) and her counterpart of the Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front based in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao shake hands on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 25, 2014, after signing a comprehensive peace agreement between them.

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Rebel base camp in Mindanao

MAGUINDANAO PROVINCE, Philippines - Rebel fighters of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front guard a MILF base camp in the Province of Maguindanao on Mindanao, the Philippines, on Oct. 27, 2012.

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MAGUINDANAO, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippine Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Maguindanao Province on Mindanao, the Philippines, on Oct. 27, 2012.

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Japan aid agency head in Mindanao

MINDANAO, Philippines - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghadzali Jaafar attend a press conference in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao Island on May 1, 2012. Tanaka met with government and rebel leaders in the southern Philippines and pledged Japan's continued support for peace and development in the predominantly Muslim region.

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011.

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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.

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Evacuated Filipino women line up for rations

Women line up for rations in an evacuation area in Talitay, Maguindanao Province, Mindanao Island, on March 18, 2015, following an accidental clash in January between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Filipino police in Mamasapano in which some 70 people died on both sides, including civilians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuees from Filipino military clash living in tent

Evacuees following a military clash in January between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Filipino police in Mamasapano, Maguindanao Province, Mindanao Island, are seen living under a pitched tent in an inconvenient environment in Talitay on March 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filipino rebel leader vows to keep abiding by peace accord

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' Muslim rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front, tells Kyodo News in Cotabato on Mindanao Island on March 16, 2015, that the January clash between MILF and Filipino police forces would not affect the peace accord sealed with the Philippine government a year earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Philippines' top Muslim rebel sets eyes on normal life

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, talks to Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at the group's administrative camp in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao on Mindanao island. Murad has remain committed to the peace process and even sets his eyes on living a normal life even if some legislators are hesitant to implement key components of the peace agreement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine guerrilla group begins disarming under peace process

Moro Islamic Liberation Front members gather on the outskirts of Cotabato on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on June 16, 2015, for a disarming process to become ordinary civilians under a peace agreement between the rebel group and the government in 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebels begin decommissioning

An officer of an independent decommissioning body inspects weapons turned over by Moro Islamic Liberation Front members on June 16, 2015, in Cotabato in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, as the historic decommissioning process began the same day that sees the group convert from being combatants to ordinary civilians as part of the ongoing peace process on the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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

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MILF leader seeks to establish self-government by 2022

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, head of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, gives an interview to Kyodo News in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao island on March 2, 2017. Ebrahim said the Philippines' largest rebel group hopes to see a transitional authority set up by 2019, followed by an election to create a full-fledged autonomous government there by 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MILF leader seeks to establish self-government by 2022

Al-Hajj Murad Ebrahim, head of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, gives an interview to Kyodo News in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao island on March 2, 2017. Ebrahim said the Philippines' largest rebel group hopes to see a transitional authority set up by 2019, followed by an election to create a full-fledged autonomous government there by 2022. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mindanao peace process critics urged to end biases, consider future

Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, leader of the 1.5 million Catholics in central Mindanao region, speaks in an interview on June 15, 2015 in Cotabato City, the Philippines, about the first phase of the decommissioning of members and weapons of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the country's largest rebel group. The decommissioning is part of a peace agreement signed in March 2014 between the MILF and the Philippine government. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader

MANILA, Philippines - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the 11,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, speaks at a press conference at the group's main camp in Maguindanao province on the southern island of Mindanao, the Philippines, on Sept. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad, leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, holding talks at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

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Philippine president, Muslim rebel chief meet secretly in Japan

MANILA, Philippines - Supplied photo shows Philippine President Benigno Aquino (far R) and Al Haj Ebrahim Murad (2nd from R), leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, chatting at a hotel near Narita airport in Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 4, 2011. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine presidential office)(Kyodo)

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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)

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Japan aid agency head in Mindanao

MINDANAO, Philippines - Japan International Cooperation Agency President Akihiko Tanaka (R) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front vice chair Ghadzali Jaafar attend a press conference in the suburbs of Cotabato on Mindanao Island on May 1, 2012. Tanaka met with government and rebel leaders in the southern Philippines and pledged Japan's continued support for peace and development in the predominantly Muslim region. (Kyodo)

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MILF head says rebel groups likely to sign peace deals

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview in June 2014. (Kyodo)

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MILF chairman in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, is interviewed in Hiroshima on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a speech at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Mindanao peace conference held in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Akihiko Tanaka, president of Japan International Cooperation Agency, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles (from L) are seen at an international conference on the Mindanao peace process, in Hiroshima City, western Japan, on June 23, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Japan foreign minister, MILF chairman

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2019, shows Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, shaking hands in Davao, the Philippines. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese foreign minister, MILF chairman

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (R) and Murad Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, shake hands in Davao, the Philippines, on Feb. 10, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo