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Battleground Marawi : A return to ruins | South China Morning Post

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The Islamic city of Marawi in the southern Philippines became the battleground for a five-month war between security forces and ISIS-linked militants in 2017. More than 300,000 people fled the airstrikes and gunbattles that destroyed Marawi’s commercial centre and crippled the region’s economy. More than a year afte…

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