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LOOK: How war changed Marawi City
LOOK: How war changed Marawi City
ABS-CBN News
Published Nov 03, 2017 12:10 PM PHT
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Updated Nov 03, 2017 12:17 PM PHT

Marawi City, once the center of trade and culture in southern Philippines, has been reduced to ruins after government troops battled Islamic State-inspired extremists for 5 months.
Marawi City, once the center of trade and culture in southern Philippines, has been reduced to ruins after government troops battled Islamic State-inspired extremists for 5 months.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi on Oct. 23, and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said combat operations were over several days later after the last group of the Maute fighters were killed.
President Rodrigo Duterte declared the liberation of Marawi on Oct. 23, and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said combat operations were over several days later after the last group of the Maute fighters were killed.
The government is preparing to rebuild the city after the conflict that displaced more than 200,000 residents and left at least 1,100 killed, most of them terrorists.
The government is preparing to rebuild the city after the conflict that displaced more than 200,000 residents and left at least 1,100 killed, most of them terrorists.
Here is a look at how one of the longest urban wars in the country changed Marawi City.
Here is a look at how one of the longest urban wars in the country changed Marawi City.
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