Philippines won’t let ISIS flee in exchange for hostages: Duterte

‘Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says the country will not allow Daesh Takfiri terrorists to escape the country’s southern city of Marawi in return for release of dozens of hostages they hold.
“No way,” Duterte told reporters in response to a question about a report that the Takfiri group’s local leader Omarkhayam Maute has offered to free an estimated number of 20 to 30 hostages in Marawi in exchange for the safe exit of the militants.
“If I can save one life there, I am willing to wait one year (to retake the city)” Duterte said in Cagayan de Oro, a few hours away from Marawi.
In May, the militants captured large parts of Marawi on the island of Mindanao and managed to continue the occupation of the city, despite over 100 days of airstrikes and ground attacks by government troops.’
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