June 12, 2017

"The United States is grappling with a hardening reality: Islamic State terrorism is on the rise in Southeast Asia, and it could worsen as foreign fighters abandon the battlefields of Iraq and Syria for new regions.

The issue has snapped sharply into focus in the past three weeks, as militants and Philippine security forces have been locked in a bloody fight for Marawi, a lakeside city of about 200,000 people in the southern Philippines."

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/12/bloody-combat-in-a-philippine-city-highlights-u-s-concerns-about-isis-in-asia/