'Uprising IS Endured in Philippines'
manila October 23, 2017 07:24The Philippine army has put an end to the five-month fighting with an Islamic state-owned rebel group in the town of Marawi.
The Philippine army has put an end to the five-month fighting with an Islamic state-owned rebel group in the town of Marawi.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared that the city of Marawi is free from insurgents affiliated with IS. The president declared Marawi liberated while visiting Philippine troops in the city, reporting local Filipino media. The Philippine army killed two rebel leaders on Monday.
The Philippine army has killed two leaders of an Israeli-based rebel group. The Minister of Defense declared Monday that Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon came across fights in the city of Marawi, in the south of the Philippines.
In the Philippines, Islamists in the beloved city of Marawi have about three hundred hostages in their power. That said President Rodrigo Duterte Friday after a visit to the troops there.
In fighting in the south of the Philippines between government troops and Islamic rebels, over five hundred people have been killed in the last seven weeks. Among the victims are 39 civilians and 90 soldiers and police officers, the army said Tuesday. At least 381 Islamists came to life.
The hostage of a school on the Philippine island of Mindanao has been terminated. The militants retreated. There would have been no wounds, according to a spokesman for the army. It is unclear whether adult hostages have been taken. All children are safe, according to the authorities.
Indonesia is setting fighters to prevent jihadists from ISI from the south to flee to the south. Three combat devices are stationed for a month on an air force base in Tarakan (North Kalimantan).
The Filipino army arrested Mohammed Maute on Thursday. He is one of the brothers of the leaders of the jihadist Maute group who runs a bloody battle with the army on the island of Mindanao. According to a military spokesman, he was arrested at a checkpoint at the coastal town of Cagayan de Oro.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte did not know that the US would help with special units in the fight against extremists on the Philippine island of Mindanao. He only came back when the units arrived.
Special American units are involved in the fight against extremists on the Philippine island of Mindanao at Manilla's request. They assist in the fights around the city of Marawi, where 23 May have entered into jihadists with ties with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
At a resort in the Philippine capital of Manila, explosions and gunfire were heard on Thursday. About potential victims is not yet known. The police are on site with various anti-terrorist teams.
The deployment of airplanes against Israeli insurgents on the Philippines went dramatically on Wednesday. Ten ten soldiers were killed in the city of Marawi by a bombing of their own air force.
The jihadists who have a part of the Philippine city of Marawi use stolen weapons and ammunition to stand there. Also, the insurgents associated with terrorist group IS receive relief from liberated prisoners, the army said Wednesday.
The Philippine Armed Forces have expelled extremists from terrorist groups from most of the city of Marawi. 'Our commanders on the spot have assured us that the end is almost in sight,' said Brigadier Restituto Padilla Monday in Manila.
The bodies of eight workers were found in a ravine just outside the Philippine city of Marawi. They are probably executed by extremists.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to negotiate with the extremist Maute movement, which is engaged in heavy fighting with the army on Mindanao Island. 'My message to the terrorists is that we can still resolve this through consultation,' said Duterte.
In fighting between the army and extremists in the Philippine city of Marawi, various foreign terrorists were involved. That has told a Filipino army spokesman Friday. Among the killed jihadists were Indonesians and Malaysians.
The Philippine army sent about one hundred soldiers with helicopters to the city of Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao. Dozens of Muslim extremists occupied large parts of the city and burned several buildings, following a failed collapse of security forces in one of their shelters.
President Duterte says he wants to expand the state of emergency in southern Philippines to the whole country. The army is carrying out fierce fighting with militants on the island of Mindanao, where Muslims have been fighting for autonomy for years. Certainly three soldiers have died.