Philippine Troops Clash With Remnants of Defeated Islamist Group

Member of the Philippine Marine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT) wave at residents and motorists while in a military truck as they travel their way back from their five-month combat duty against pro-ISIS terrorist groups, a few days after President Rodrigo Duterte announced the Liberation of Marawi city, southern Philippines on Oct. 21, 2017. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco

MANILA—Philippine troops have clashed with remnants of a pro-Islamic State militant group that held a southern city for five months last year, the army said on Monday.

Colonel Romeo Brawner, the deputy commander of Joint Task Force Marawi, said security forces conducted air and ground assaults in the province of Lanao del Sur on Sunday in a bid to flush out Maute rebels and the group’s new leader.