AFTER a month of fighting in Marawi, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday admitted for the first time it would be hard to flush the remaining Islamic State (IS)-linked Maute terrorists out of the city.

Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr., the AFP spokesman, described the armed conflict in Marawi as a “very complicated engagement,” considering that the city has an urban terrain.

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