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Philippine Marawi Liberated From Daesh-Linked Terrorists

© AP Photo / Aaron FavilaIn this June 9, 2017, photo, soldiers ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of Marawi city, southern Philippines. The Philippine military says 13 marines have been killed in fierce fighting with Muslim militants who have laid siege to southern Marawi city.
In this June 9, 2017, photo, soldiers ride a military vehicle on the outskirts of Marawi city, southern Philippines. The Philippine military says 13 marines have been killed in fierce fighting with Muslim militants who have laid siege to southern Marawi city. - Sputnik International
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The October 16 military operation in Marawi by government forces successfully terminates a five-month battle for control over the Islamist-held city.

"I hereby declare the liberation of Marawi," President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has declared as cited by the CNN Philippines television channel.

The ongoing armed conflict in Marawi, on the southern island of Mindanao, started on May 23, 2017 between Philippine government forces and affiliated militants of Daesh, including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist group.

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Three-fourths of Marawi, a city of 200,000 on the southern island of Mindanao, has been overrun by the Islamic extremists.

The terrorists seized control of a municipal jail and unshackled its prisoners, razed a hospital and took possession of at least three bridges. They are also suspected of having hunted down Christians in the Muslim-majority city to use as human shields.

In May, President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on the island. More than 300,000 Filipinos have been displaced by the fighting, which authorities say has killed 824 rebels, 47 civilians and 162 military.

The armed conflict has been the biggest internal security crisis the Catholic-majority Philippines has witnessed in decades.

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