The Philippines military said Hapilon was likely wounded in the raids but managed to escape to Marawi, where he joined up with the Maute group before plotting the siege.

The attack was intended to root out 50 fighters belonging to the Dawlah Islamiya group, which was responsible for the 2017 siege of Marawi city. After 31 months of martial law following the siege ...

Richard Heydarian, an assistant professor of political science at Manila’s De La Salle University, told TIME a few weeks before the Marawi siege: “The Philippines is already getting a lot of ...

In his speech, Cuerpo pointed to the Marawi siege in 2017 as “the most fulfilling event of my military career,” citing many instances “wherein we save (the) lives of the innocent civilians ...