THE Maute group's stronghold in Marawi City has been reduced to “over half a kilometer grid square”, more than two months since clashes erupted in May, a military spokesman said.

"I am happy to inform you that military operations in the area is progressing very well...Previously, we have been talking about slightly over a kilometer grid square, and then a kilometer grid square. Now, it’s slightly over half a kilometer grid square. So the world of the enemy is getting smaller," Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr. said at the Mindanao Hour news briefing in Malacanang.

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