Street-to-street battles and a relentless military bombing campaign has so far failed to end the crisis in Marawi. Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern ...

MARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine troops fighting Islamic State-linked rebels in a southern city have encountered armed resistance from women and children, the military said on Monday, ...

Philippine troops detained and tortured civilians trying to flee a besieged southern city during a five-month battle with militants loyal to the Islamic State group, Amnesty International alleged ...

The government vowed to rebuild the city after the 2017 conflict with militants linked to ISIS. But more than 100,000 people are still in... The last time Mustapha Alauya L. Pacasum saw his ancestral ...

Philippines officials announced Oct. 23 the battle for Marawi City against Islamic State-affiliated rebels was over after five months of fighting.

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CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Forensic investigators are preparing to exhume hundreds of bodies from in Marawi City to identify victims of the five-month siege that devastated the city, a task made ...

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 ...

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 ...