Marawi Crisis — 27th Day

 

MARAWI CITY – Fighting in Marawi City in the southern Philippines entered its fourth week on Tuesday with military officials conceding that troops were struggling to loosen the grip of Islamist fighters on downtown precincts despite relentless bombing.

Military spokesman Brigadier General Restituto Padilla said the urban terrain was hampering the army’s progress because the rebels had hunkered down in built-up neighborhoods, many of them with civilians they had taken as human shields.

 

http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/13/17/marawi-city-siege-enters-4th-week

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Former Bangsamoro Transition Commission member Samira Gutoc says strict permit systems make delivery of relief goods difficult in conflict

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AUTONOMOUS SOLIDARITY ACTION

Autonomous activists, anarchists and Food Not Bomb crew organised a solidarity action in Baliwag Bulacan.