Australia said one of its primary concerns was that the terrorist groups might move to Mindanao, the second largest and southernmost major island in the Philippines. With the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) losing ground in the Middle East, this concern was mentioned lately. ‘We don't want to see it emerge elsewhere in the world, otherwise, we'll be back in a few years' time talking about how to defeat a caliphate in the southern Philippines," Austalias Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Sky News Australia on Sunday. ISIS has been suffering heavy loses and losing territory in Iraq and Syria. Bishop noted that ISIS recently named the leader of a terrorist group in the Philippines as an "emir," apparently referring to Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. Earlier, Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said that ISIS had directed Hapilon to move from Basilan to Central Mindanao to look for a suitable site for the caliphate.