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Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, left, together with Armed Forces Chief Gen. Eduardo Ano, right, reads a statement announcing the Philippine troops have captured a building where ...

I was on a three-day peace conference in Butuan City when militants belonging to the Lanao del Sur-based Maute Group and ...

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte begged forgiveness Tuesday for declaring martial law in Mindanao island and vowed to rebuild Marawi, the battle-scarred city at the heart of nearly four weeks of ...

MARAWI, Philippines — Approaching her house for the first time since militants took over the neighborhood, evidence of a disaster unfolded around Haydee Dimalawang: the word “ISIS” spray-painted on ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Philippines on Wednesday welcomed the ...

More than four months of fighting between Philippine government security forces and terrorist fighters claiming to have links with the so-called Islamic State left Marawi a virtual ghost city. The ...

MARAWI CITY, LANAO DEL SUR–This city, which rose from the rubble of the five-month war in 2017, has been awarded the first ...

Following a shock attack by ISIS-aligned militants which captured the southern Philippines city of Marawi last month, hundreds of thousands of its weary citizens have fled the horror of life under the ...

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine troops clashed briefly with pro-Islamic State militants in the volatile south on Saturday, the army said, in their first engagement since the government retook Marawi ...

Olowan Magarang recalls the moment he knew it was time to flee his home in Marawi, on the southern Philippines' island of Mindanao. It was in May 2017, two days into a siege by militants aligned with ...