Philippine military bomb Islamist militants in urban battle
Clashes between Philippine troops and Islamist militants in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao have claimed at least 48 lives (AFP Photo/TED ALJIBE)/ Philippine security forces dropped more bombs Saturday on a southern city where they have been battling Islamist militants for five days, vowing no let up despite the start of Ramadan. President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law across the southern third of the Philippines in response to the clashes, which have claimed at least 48 lives and he has said are part of a campaign by the ...
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