The Battle for Marawi: Raising the Stakes in a Fractured Land
The five-month battle of Marawi in the heart of the Islamic city in Lanao del Sur Province in 2017 deteriorated into violent extremism that opened more fears for the future in what was an undertaking by mostly a generation of millennial fighters.
The siege would last from May to October and was unprecedented in magnitude. It challenged the Philippine mil…
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