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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.

Duterte was elected last year largely on an incendiary law-and-order platform in which he promised to eradicate illegal drugs in society by killing 100,000 people (AFP/File)

October 16th, 2017 - 12:48 GMT

Duterte Threatens a 'Revolutionary Government' in the Philippines Following ISIS Raid

Philippine marines patrol a neighbourhood during a search for Islamist militants in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao on May 29, 2017. (Ted Aljibe/AFP)

May 29th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

Thousands Still Trapped in Philippines’ City Overrun by Daesh Affiliates

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