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.

Richard Heydarian, an assistant professor of political science at Manila’s De La Salle University, told TIME a few weeks before the Marawi siege: “The Philippines is already getting a lot of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marawi was completely destroyed after the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups launched an attack in 2017, holding on to the city during a five-month siege before the Philippine military recaptured it.

US special forces are helping the Philippine military retake the southern city of Marawi from IS-linked militants ... Militants have been under siege since rampaging through the southern city ...

Seven years after the five-month-long siege that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents in Marawi City ended, President Marcos has created an agency to hasten the long-delayed ...