Siege of Marawi

Siege of Marawi
Part of the Moro conflict and the war against the Islamic State

A building in Marawi is set ablaze by airstrikes carried out by the Philippine Air Force and the Naval Air Wing of the Philippine Navy
DateMay 23 – October 23, 2017
(5 months)
Location
Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
8°00′N 124°17′E / 8.00°N 124.29°E / 8.00; 124.29
Result Philippine government victory[2]
Territorial
changes		 Marawi recaptured by the Armed Forces of the Philippines on October 23, 2017
Belligerents
 Philippines  Islamic State[1]
Commanders and leaders
Philippines Lt. Gen. Rolando Bautista
(2nd Commanding General of the Philippine Army, 1st Overall Ground Commander, Joint Task Force Marawi, and the 1st Infantry Division)
Philippines Lt. Gen. Danilo G. Pamonag (2nd Overall Ground Commander, Joint Task Force Marawi)
Philippines V. Adm. Ronald Joseph Mercado (Flag Officer-in-Command of the Philippine Navy)		 Islamic State Isnilon Hapilon †
(Abu Sayyaf commander and regional Emir)
Islamic State Abdullah Maute †[3]
(Maute Group commander)
Islamic State Omar Maute †
(Maute Group deputy commander)
Islamic State Mahmud Ahmad †
(Abu Sayyaf deputy commander)[4][5]
Islamic State Amin Bacu †
(Abu Sayyaf senior commander)[6][7][8]
Units involved

Joint Task Force Marawi
Armed Forces of the Philippines

Philippine Army

Philippine Navy

Philippine Marine Corps

Philippine Air Force

Philippine National Police

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

United States 1st Special Forces Group, U.S. Navy SEALs, U.S. Navy SWCC[12] and Marine Raiders

(technical assistance)[13]		 Islamic State Abu Sayyaf
Islamic State Maute group
Islamic State Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters[a]
Islamic State Ansar Khalifa Philippines[14]
Strength
3,000+ soldiers (in June)[18]
6,500 soldiers (by September)[19]		 1,000 militants[20][21]
Casualties and losses

168 killed,[22]
1,400+ wounded[23]

10~ armored vehicles lost		 978 killed,[24][25]
12 captured[26][27][28]
87 civilians dead (40 due to illness)[29][30]
Nearly 1.1 million civilians displaced[31]
Siege of Marawi is located in Mindanao mainland
Siege of Marawi
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The location of Marawi, Mindanao.

The siege of Marawi (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Marawi),[32][33] also known as the Marawi crisis (Krisis sa Marawi)[34] 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.[35] The battle also became the longest urban battle in the modern history of the Philippines.[21]

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.[36][37] 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.[38]

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.[38] 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).[36][39] The militants also took a priest and several churchgoers hostage.[40]

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.[41][42]

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".[43] On October 23, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that the five-month battle against the terrorists in Marawi had ended.[44]

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