An army trooper walks past graffiti on a concrete fence near the frontline in Marawi on the southern island of Mindanao. - AFP
There’s more than one reason for the violence, and there is a major reason why we should monitor the situation closely.
“YOU are going to Mindanao? You are not afraid of the Islamic State?” asked a Filipina waitress working in a sushi restaurant in Sunway Pyramid, Petaling Jaya, two days before I travelled to the restive southern Philippines.
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