MANILA, Philippines — Last Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte thanked the US, China and Israel for providing military assistance for the clearing operations in Marawi City. Duterte said that the bulk of four planeloads of rifles that government troops used in war-torn Marawi came from China. The president, meanwhile, said that the equipment provided by the US was only borrowed and were already returned. And of course the Americans just provided the — we just borrowed it, we have returned it already," the president said. Koscina also noted that the unmanned aerial vehicle system that the US delivered earlier this year was used in Marawi.

Source: Philippine Star October 23, 2017 09:11 UTC