The Philippines military said Hapilon was likely wounded in the raids but managed to escape to Marawi, where he joined up with the Maute group before plotting the siege.

The attack was intended to root out 50 fighters belonging to the Dawlah Islamiya group, which was responsible for the 2017 siege of Marawi city. After 31 months of martial law following the siege ...

Islamist militants who have overrun parts of the Philippine city of Marawi have prepared for a long siege, officials said. Security forces have been trying to flush out the gunmen since they ...

Today we survived.” Survival has become a daily battle in Marawi, the capital of Mindanao’s Lanao del Sur province and whose mostly Muslim 200,000 population make the city the biggest Islamic ...

The deadly bombing of a Catholic Mass in Marawi City ended years of relative peace in Mindanao. It is a reminder of the need for continued vigilance. Despite advances being made, it has been an ...

Marawi, Philippines – Maisara Dandamun-Latiph’s office sits on a hill overlooking the ruins of Marawi, the southern Philippine city that was destroyed during a five-month battle with hardline ...

Working alongside his mother and brother in the family's photographic studio, he heard the opening shots of what would become the long-running siege of Marawi City - a sound to put panic in the ...

For the past two weeks the Philippines army has been fighting Islamist militants in the southern city of Marawi. So far ... across a bridge through a gun battle between the two forces.