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Vojenské rozhledy / Czech Military Review Nr. 3/2019: 41-54

The Siege of Marawi, the impulse to change the capabilities of the Philippine armed forcesReviewed - Review

Libor Kutěj

In May 2017, Islamists of the South-Philippine Separate Groups of Abu Sajyaf and Maute occupied Marawi City in Mindanao. Five-month fighting was attended by more than 3,000 armed forces against about 1,000 jihadists. Dozens of foreign fighters took part in the fighting on the Islamists side and confirming the pan-Islamic ethos of the Islamic state's ideology in this part of the world. Philippine troops were not prepared for the character of fighting in urbanized environment against motivated and experienced militants. The shortcomings were manifested in the conducting of operations in a heavily built-up area, but also in low-level coordination and limits of capabilities of the technical intelligence. It was decided to create Special Operations Command to which all Philippine special purpose forces are subordinated. The conflict experience has initiated a change of doctrinal approach that focuses on air support to reduce losses due to inaccurate bombing and acquisitions of high-tech reconnaissance and weapon systems.

Keywords: Abu Sayyaf; Islamic State; Maute Group; Special Forces; Intelligence Support.

Published: September 15, 2019  Show citation

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Kutěj, L. (2019). The Siege of Marawi, the impulse to change the capabilities of the Philippine armed forces. Czech Military Review, 100(3), 41-54
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