More than 50 volunteers from Davao City formed a circle for a prayer before departing for Iligan City on Tuesday morning, June 13, to join the three-day humanitarian mission to aid thousands of displaced families and individuals from Marawi City due to the continuing military offensives against the ISIS-linked Maute Group and Abu Sayyaf. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com)
Young boys who were among the more than 200,000 displaced due to the fighting in Marawi look up to a tarpaulin which hangs at the Lanao del Sur Provincial Capitol grounds in Marawi City on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. The sign calls on residents to “rise up” from the tragedy . (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Government troops can be seen at a distance roving around the once busy street of Amai Pakpak Avenue in Marawi City on Day 22 of the fighting in Marawi, June 13, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
Evacuees from Marawi City who are taking shelter at the Saguiaran Municipal Hall in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur look up in the sky as fighter jets of the government fly around to launch aerial strikes against local terrorists groups in Marawi City on Monday, June 12, 2017. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)
The role of the United States Special Forces in Marawi fighting is not a big deal, a military official here said Tuesday.
Police officers and civilians trapped for 22 days inside the center of the embattled city of Marawi were rescued early morning Tuesday.
A kid trapped somewhere inside the city of Marawi died of hunger recently, the spokesperson of the provincial government crisis committee operational center said Monday.
Loud bombs and gunshots marred the solemn observance of the country’s 119th year of Independence day in this war-torn part of the country.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao said the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao fits into the “imperialist strategy of the US to gain domination in Asia and the Pacific.”
Several soldiers and a few personnel carriers stay along the stretch of Davao City’s San Pedro Street on Monday, June 12 while the Independence Day flag raising ceremony is being held at the Rizal Park here. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
