End Near for Mindanao’s Islamist Militants?
The fading fight of Dawlah Islamiyah in the Philippines
By: Michael Hart
In mid-December, Philippine troops launched a pre-dawn operation in the far south targeting what remains of the Maute group in a remote forested area of Marogong, Lanao del Sur province. Locals had reported sighting 30 to 40 armed men near their village, but the militants fled before soldiers arrived to discover a hastily abandoned train…
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