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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has announced the liberation of Marawi City (AFP)

October 17th, 2017 - 11:05 GMT

ISIS Seige Ends in Marawi as Trump Announces Duterte Visit in Philippines

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced the liberation of Marawi City, following a four-month-long battle against ISIS-linked terrorists.

Rescue personnel remove weights securing a tarp over a vehicle transporting the corpses of dead civilians retrieved near the frontline in the outskirts of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on June 28, 2017. (Ted Aljibe/AFP)

June 29th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Five Beheaded Bodies Among Civilian Dead in Philippines’ Marawi

NOEL CELIS / AFP

NOEL CELIS / AFP

(NoelSoldiers aboard their vehicles maneouver through a street in Marawi, in southern island of Mindanao on June 10, 2017. United States special forces are providing support to the Philippine military battling to dislodge Islamist militants in a southern city, the US embassy said, as 13 Filipino marines were killed in fresh fighting. Celis/AFP)

June 11th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

US Troops Join Fight Against Daesh Affiliates in Philippines

Philippine policemen check evacuees from Marawi aboard a van at a checkpoint by the entrance of Iligan City, in southern island of Mindanao on May 24, 2017. (AFP/Ted Aljibe)

May 24th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

Thousands Flee as Duterte Imposes Martial Law to Fight Islamists in S. Philippines

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November 19th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT

Philippines Muslim Leader Declares War on Government