IS fighters in Marawi send surrender feelers--military

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The military is getting surrender feelers from local IS militants, an official said, as fighting continued Sunday in the war-ravaged city of Marawi where security forces were trying to dislodge heavily-armed insurgents from their strongholds.

Army Colonel Romeo Brawner Jr. said the military was expecting more to surrender peacefully as troops advanced in the city’s center where most of the militants were hiding among heavily-fortified structures and mosques. He did not say how many would surrender.