After six years, Marawi still trying to get back on its feet

By The Editorial Board

May 26, 2023 12:25 am

ON May 23, 2017, what the military planned as a 'surgical operation' to capture Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon in Marawi City escalated into a five-month-long battle that has changed the once-tranquil lakeside capital of Lanao del Sur.

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