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(Eagle News) — Authorities have only one building to clear of terrorists in Marawi. This is according to Col. Romeo Brawner, deputy commander of Joint Task Force Ranao, who spoke in a press conference on Sunday. Earlier, authorities said around 30 terrorists remained holed up in the war-torn city, after the deaths of their leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon. According to Brawner, the children of Hapilon are still believed to be in the war-torn […]
by Cecil Morella Agence France Presse At first glance, the endless rows of devastated buildings could be the aftermath of a great earthquake. But the punctured, bullet-riddled walls tell the true story of the Philippines’ longest urban war. “No one wanted this to happen,” President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday as he declared Marawi city “liberated from the terrorists’ influence” after a nearly five-month battle with gunmen loyal to the Islamic State group. A day earlier […]
(Eagle News) — An initial assessment of the damage in Marawi is expected to be completed by Oct. 27. Mina Marasigan, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council spokesperson, said that five teams with 145 members each were deployed in the war-torn city for this purpose on Monday. She said 49 barangays are to be assessed. On Tuesday, President Rodrigo Duterte declared Marawi liberated from the clutches of terrorists who overran the city in May in a […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines called on the public to “help and support the bigger task of rebuilding” Marawi, a day after President Rodrigo Duterte made the declaration the city had been liberated. AFP spokesperson Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said in a statement that the declaration, which comes almost five months after the terrorists overran the city, was made by the President “to pave the way for the start of a […]
(Eagle News) –President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday declared war-torn Marawi city liberated. The President made the declaration in his visit to the city a day after military troops killed terrorist leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon in the main battle area, and almost five months after the terrorists overran the city. Asked why the declaration was made even when there were around 30 Maute fighters, including known terrorist leader Dr. Mahmud Ahmad, left in the city, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday unveiled planned terrorist attacks in several cities in Mindanao, as the crisis in Marawi was drawing to a close. “I’m warning you, the soldiers of the republic, what if they strike at five places at the same time? Zamboanga, maybe Basilan, Isabela — that is what’s coming into my office — and another major city,” he said during groundbreaking ceremonies of Scout Ranger Ville in San Miguel, […]
The military said Sunday it had captured the command center of Islamic State group supporters who have besieged Marawi for nearly four months. Security forces have engaged in ferocious street to street combat and launched airstrikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from the city, in a conflict that has raised fears that IS is looking to establish a Southeast Asian base in the Philippines. The military said it had captured the militants’ control […]
President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday a three-month battle against the Maute Group occupying parts of Marawi was in its “final stages.” Duterte gave his assessment shortly after government troops secured a vital bridge in the city, allowing them easier access into areas being held by the militants. “We are in the final stages. So let us send immediately, even air-lift, the police,” to Marawi, Duterte said. The Pro-Islamic State gunmen occupied parts of the city […]
