Philippines: Dozens Dead in Clashes Between Rebel Group, IS-linked militants

Mark Navales and Jeoffrey Maitem
Almost 40 people have been killed in weeks-long fighting between Islamic State-linked militants and the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group that signed a peace deal with the government, officials said Thursday.
Von al Haq, military chief of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), said clashes and running gun battles have occurred in marshland areas near the town of Datu Salibo, about 800 km (500 miles) south of Manila, since the start of the month.
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Source: http://www.benarnews.org/

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