MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte has conceded that he cannot eradicate the prevalence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the country in the remaining three years of his presidency. The President again called the ideology of ISIS—a group notorious for suicide bombings and beheading captives—a corrupt one. “The ISIS is a totally corrupt ideology. Duterte earlier issued a sweeping warning against ISIS-inspired terrorists, saying that he will hold no prisoners as he will just kill them. The President issued the threat days after he ordered the military to pound terrorists’ camps in the hinterlands of Mindanao./gsgREAD: Duterte to ISIS: ‘Do not surrender because I will kill you’Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 25, 2019 06:11 UTC