The US-backed military campaign to evict the militants claimed more than 1,000 lives, displaced 400,000 residents and left large parts of Marawi in ruins

Five-month battle with IS ends in Philippine city: Defence secretary

Militants loyal to Islamic State have held out in Marawi for over four months

Army says battle for Philippine city to end soon, 1,000 dead

Security forces have engaged in ferocious street-to-street combat and launched airstrikes in their efforts to expel the fighters from Marawi, in a battle that has left 800 dead and raised fears that IS is looking to establish a Southeast Asian base in the Philippines

Philippine army captures key pro-IS base in besieged city Marawi

Several students are feared to have been held hostage, though the gunmen attacked before class was scheduled to start

300 Islamic State-linked militants storm Philippines school, civilians trapped

If the IS member killed in Marawi was in fact Indian, he'd be the first Indian fighting for IS in South East Asia

Did an Indian die in the Philippines fighting for Islamic State?

Philippine troops are struggling to defeat hundreds of fighters, who rampaged through Marawi on May 23 flying black flags of the Islamic State group

US aids Philippines to flush out Islamist fighters from Marawi

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