MARAWI, Philippines — Thousands of displaced remain in emergency shelters and the threat of Islamic extremists and unexploded bombs lingers in the rubble of a southern Philippine city, where survivors on Wednesday remembered a disastrous five-month siege by Islamic State group-aligned fighters that began a year ago. “I’m still very, very far from a full recovery,” Soganub said by telephone. The months of intense fighting forced hundreds of thousands of residents of Marawi and outlying towns to flee for their lives. “One day in an evacuation centre is already too long for someone who has lost everything,” Adiong said. “But we’d like to call on all those who have gone through suffering to please be patient.

Source: National Post May 23, 2018 07:41 UTC