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The Philippines’ Marawi: Next Islamic State Nucleus

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Jun 24, 2017
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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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