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Philippines: Battle to retake Marawi from IS group leaves ghost town

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For the past four months, fighting has been raging in Marawi, a city on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines. It's the longest and deadliest battle to date against the Islamic State group in southeast Asia. The conflict is now entering its final stages, but it will take a long time to heal the city's wounds. Our correspondents report.

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