The last time Mustapha Alauya L. Pacasum saw his ancestral home standing was three years ago. The spacious three-story concrete house in his hometown of Marawi, on the southern Philippine island of ...
Evacuees walk through makeshift homes in Balo-i township, Lanao del Norte province after fleeing the besieged city of Marawi (Oct. 17, 2017). The surprisingly protracted and intense urban war that ...
The death of top Islamist fighter Isnilon Hapilon is a rare celebratory moment for the Philippines military, which has been bogged down in a gruelling four-month battle to retake the southern city of ...
Eight years ago, the Battle of Marawi tested not only the strength of our Armed Forces but also the soul of our nation. What began on May 23, 2017, as an operation to arrest a terrorist leader ...
MARAWI, Philippines — No one saw it coming. Not the beheadings, nor the airstrikes, nor the 700 dead, nor the ruins of a lakeside city. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...
‘Falcon,’ a Marine sniper, recalls how his companions died as they tried to reclaim the Mapandi bridge from the Maute group – Isis-inspired terrorists – amid the five-month-long conflict in Marawi ...
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The silent reliquary of Marawi’s disappeared
On May 23, 2017, a military operation by the Philippine government forced the capture of a top Islamic State-linked militant ...
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The government vowed to rebuild the city after the 2017 conflict with militants linked to ISIS. But more than 100,000 people are still in... The last time Mustapha Alauya L. Pacasum saw his ancestral ...
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