Military officials claim the battle for the Islamic State-besieged city of Marawi is nearly over, but the contest for the hearts and minds of those affected by the fighting has only just begun, Bong S Sarmiento writes. “I’m confident the end is already near,” said Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr, commander of the Western Mindanao Command, predicting that troops would “normalize” the situation in the besieged city by October. However, restoring normalcy will be no easy task. The fighting continues to displace some 360,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Maranao Muslims, and has laid waste to what was the Philippines’ most religiously significant Muslim majority city on the southern island of Mindanao. READ THE STORY HERE
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Military officials claim the battle for the Islamic State-besieged city of Marawi is nearly over, but the contest for the hearts and minds of those affected by the fighting has only just begun, Bong S Sarmiento writes. “I’m confident the end is already near,” said Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr, commander of the Western Mindanao Command, predicting that troops would “normalize” the situation in the besieged city by October. However, restoring normalcy will be no easy task. The fighting continues to displace some 360,000 civilians, mostly ethnic Maranao Muslims, and has laid waste to what was the Philippines’ most religiously significant Muslim majority city on the southern island of Mindanao. READ THE STORY HERE
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