In 2017, ISIS-linked militants seized control of Marawi in the Philippines, sparking a five-month battle with government ...

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MARAWI, Philippines (AP) — Smoke wafted from the smoldering carcasses of buildings and houses, with the dome of a mosque blasted out with holes, as Philippine troops battled Thursday to defeat a final ...

After more than two weeks of bloodshed, brutality and the creeping danger of starvation, Marawi remains a city under siege. Philippine authorities are reckoning with a mounting death toll — which by ...

Two years after the siege, some of the families from Marawi are still living in displacement. In response to the displacement, host communities around Marawi continue to extend their generosity to ...

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 ...

Wars and conflicts leave devastating destruction in their wake. With so many conflicts now taking place in urban environments, scientists are studying how post-conflict peacebuilding happens in these ...

LANAO DEL SUR (PIA) — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has turned over 50 permanent housing units ...

As Philippines forces conduct operations to flush out the last of the ISIS-affiliated fighters from the city of Marawi, analysts warn the Islamic insurgency in the country is far from over. President ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Amnesty International says it has documented violations of humanitarian law, some amounting to war crimes, during the five-month conflict between Philippine government ...

Internally displaced residents line up at the Marawi City Gymnasium on Dec. 23, 2025, to receive P15,000 each in seed capital under the Bangsamoro Sagip Kabuhayan Program. The aid is intended to help ...

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