Another Marawi-style attack possible, Philippine rebel chief warns


Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief Murad Ebrahim has warned that the Philippines is open to another Marawi-style attack by pro-Islamic State fighters. – EPA pic, February 20, 2018.

THE chief of the Philippines’ main Muslim rebel group warned today that jihadists loyal to the Islamic State (IS), flush with looted guns and cash, could seize another Filipino city after Marawi last year.

Murad Ebrahim has billed his Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which has made peace with the government, as a rival to IS for the hearts and minds of angry young Muslims in the impoverished south of the mainly Catholic nation.


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