Rodrigo Duterte
The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte decided to make peace with the militants organization “Islamic liberation front Moro”, known as MILF. It is reported Bloomberg.
According to the version of Duterte, the new law will put an end to the ongoing four decades of conflict in Mindanao, and the MILF and another Islamist organization MNLF will be an ally in fighting terrorists loyal to the Islamic state (ISIS, an organization banned in Russia). According to the plan of the authorities, the rich deposits of natural resources of the island will be used jointly by Manila and the authorities of the Muslim region of the country that will allow to achieve a peace agreement.
MILF is an Islamist armed group fighting for the granting broad autonomy of the Philippine Moro peoples professing Islam. The same abbreviation for a sexually attractive woman at the age of (Mother I’d like to f**k).
On the island of Mindanao is the military operation against militants IG. The battle for the city Marawi commenced on 23 may 2017 after the city was captured by militants sworn to ISIS. According to official data, during the fighting killed a total of 619 people, including 95 soldiers, 119 civilians, other terrorists.