AN UPDATE ON THE BATTLE TO TAKE BACK MARAWI CITY IN THE PHILIPPINES

Winchester, VA – The fight to recapture Marawi City from Islamic rebels has been raging on for three and a half months. ISIS has been hoping to establish a foothold in the Philippines. Marawi is virtually a ghost town now, only empty shells of buildings left. Since the fighting began in May, almost 800 people have died, most of them Islamic rebels. The urban warfare has been difficult for the Philippine troops, who have been trained to fight in the jungle. Reuters South East Asia correspondent Tom Allard gives us an update on the situation in Marawi.  A handful of militants remain in Marawi, and the government is urging them over loudspeakers to give themselves up to save their lives.

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