Failure of the militants to establish a provincial ISIL territory (wilayat)
Martial law declared in Mindanao until December 2019[14][15][16][17]
Isnilon Hapilon, Abu Sayyaf leader and ISIL Emir in Southeast Asia killed by the Philippine Army
All seven Maute brothers killed by the Philippine Army[18]
End of Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
Territorial changes
Marawi recaptured by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on October 23, 2017
Belligerents
Philippines
Supported by: Non-state supporters:
MNLF[1]
MILF[2][3]
Foreign supporters:
United States (Military equipment, aid, advisory roles, and technical assistance)[4][5][6]
United Kingdom (Intelligence support, military and medical aid)[7]
Australia (Intelligence support and advisory roles)[8]
China (Military equipment)[9]
Israel (Intelligence support and military equipment)[10]
Singapore (Intelligence and logistics support)[11]
Islamic State[12]
Commanders and leaders
Rodrigo Duterte (President of the Philippines) Delfin Lorenzana (Defense Secretary) Gen. Eduardo Año (Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines) Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez Jr. (AFP Western Mindanao Command Chief) Lt Gen. Glorioso Miranda (1st Commanding General of the Philippine Army) Lt. Gen. Rolando Bautista (2nd Commanding General of the Philippine Army, 1st Overall Ground Commander, Joint Task Force Marawi, and the 1st Infantry Division) Lt. Gen. Danilo G. Pamonag (2nd Overall Ground Commander, Joint Task Force Marawi) V. Adm. Ronald Joseph Mercado (Flag Officer-in-Command of the Philippine Navy) Maj. Gen. Alvin Parreño (Commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps) Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina (Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force) Dir. Gen. Ronald dela Rosa (Chief of the Philippine National Police) Commo. Joel Garcia (Officer-In-Charge of the Philippine Coast Guard ) Mujiv Hataman (Regional Governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) Bedjoria Soraya Alonto Adiong (Governor of Lanao Del Sur) Majul Gandamra (Mayor of Marawi City)
Isnilon Hapilon † (Abu Sayyaf commander and regional Emir) Abdullah Maute †[18] (Maute Group commander) Omar Maute † (Maute Group deputy commander) Mahmud Ahmad † (Abu Sayyaf deputy commander)[19][20] Amin Bacu † (Abu Sayyaf senior commander)[21][22][23]
Units involved
Joint Task Force Marawi Armed Forces of the Philippines
AFP Western Mindanao Command
AFP Joint Special Operations Group
AFP Reserve Command[24]
Philippine Army
1st Scout Ranger Regiment
Armor "Pambato" Division
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
Army Reserve Command[25][26]
Philippine Navy
Naval Forces Western Mindanao
Philippine Fleet
Naval Special Operations Command
Naval Air Wing
Philippine Marine Corps
1st Marine Brigade
7th Marine Landing Battalion
Assault Armor Battalion
Force Reconnaissance Battalion
Philippine Air Force
15th Strike Wing
5th Fighter Wing
710th Special Operations Wing
Philippine National Police
Special Action Force
PNP Maritime Group
Philippine Coast Guard
Coast Guard Special Operations Force
Coast Guard K9 Force
Coast Guard District Northern Mindanao
Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao
Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao
1st Special Forces Group, U.S. Navy SEALs, U.S. Navy SWCC (technical assistance)[27] and Marine Raiders[28]
Abu Sayyaf Maute group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters[a] Ansar Khalifa Philippines[29]
Strength
3,000+ soldiers (in June)[33] 6,500 soldiers (by September)[34]
1,000 militants[35][36]
Casualties and losses
168 killed,[37] 1,400+ wounded[38]
978 killed,[39][40] 12 captured[41][42][43]
87 civilians dead (40 due to illness)[44][45] Nearly 1.1 million civilians displaced[46]
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The location of Marawi, Mindanao.
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The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi),[47][48] also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi)[49] and the Battle of Marawi (Labanan sa Marawi), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security forces against militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups.[50] The battle also became the longest urban battle in the modern history of the Philippines.[36]
According to the Philippine government, the clashes began during an offensive in Marawi to capture Isnilon Hapilon, the leader of the IS-affiliated Abu Sayyaf group, after receiving reports that Hapilon was in the city, possibly to meet with militants of the Maute group.[51][52] A deadly firefight erupted when Hapilon's forces opened fire on the combined army and police teams and called for reinforcements from the Maute group, an armed group that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and which is believed to be responsible for the 2016 Davao City bombing, according to military spokesmen.[53]
Maute group militants attacked Camp Ranao and occupied several buildings in the city, including Marawi City Hall, Mindanao State University, a hospital and the city jail.[53] They also occupied the main street and set fire to Saint Mary's Cathedral, Ninoy Aquino School and Dansalan College, run by the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP).[51][54] The militants also took a priest and several churchgoers hostage.[55]
The Armed Forces of the Philippines stated that some of the terrorists were foreigners who had been in the country for a long time, offering support to the Maute group in Marawi. Their main objective was to raise an ISIL flag at the Lanao del Sur Provincial Capitol and declare a wilayat or provincial IS territory in Lanao del Sur.[56][57]
On October 17, 2017, the day after the deaths of militant leaders Omar Maute and Isnilon Hapilon, President Duterte declared that Marawi was "liberated from terrorist influence".[58] Then on October 23, 2017, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that the five-month battle against the terrorists in Marawi had finally ended.[59]
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