Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Duterte seeks to extend martial law amid ISIL threat | Philippines News

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to extend martial law in the southern Mindanao region until the end of the year, to allow armed forces to quell the threat from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. Duterte declared military rule over Mindanao, an island of 22 million people, for 60 days on May 23 when hundreds of ISIL-linked fighters

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