On October 17, 2017, after five months of bitter fighting, former President Rodrigo Duterte arrived in the Main Battle Area in Marawi City. Duterte declared Marawi City “free from Daesh-inspired Maute Group” from a rundown school building pocked with bullets holes. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
Former Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (R) and former Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Eduardo Año show reporters pictures of killed Abu Sayyaf’s Isnilon Hapilon and Omar Maute, leader of the pro-Daesh Maute group during a news conference in Marawi City, Philippines, October 16, 2017. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
Flying a Philippine flag, a V150 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) parks amid the destruction of Marawi City that was left in rubbles after five months of bitter fighting between Daesh-inspired Maute group and Government troops. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
A year later, Marawi residents were able to return to their homes but most found their houses destroyed or heavily damaged by the five months of bitter fighting between Daesh-inspired Maute group and Government troops. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
The late Fr. Teresito ‘Chito’ Suganob show reporters where he was made to stand by ISIS fighters and forced to ask the government on video to surrender during the five-month Marawi siege. Father ‘Chito’ as he was fondly called, died on July 22, 2020. He was complaining to close friends of suffering from nightmares of his four months of captivity in the hands of the ISIS militants. Photo by Froilan Gallardo
Seven years after they were displaced from Marawi City, resident and their children still complained that they have not received proper compensation as promised by the national government. Photo by Froilan Gallardo