The Philippines’ Marawi: Next Islamic State Nucleus
Foreign nationals from Yemen, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia have been killed in the month-long struggle for the Mindanao island city of Marawi, an unsettling signal that IS, thwarted by overwhelming military pressure in the Middle East, is seeking to establish a new base in Mindanao.
That came home in terrifying fashion for 11-year-old Jasper Samiahan…
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