THE chief of the country’s main Muslim rebel group warned Tuesday that jihadists loyal to the Islamic State group, flush with looted guns and cash, could seize another Filipino city after the five-month siege of Marawi City last year.

Murad Ebrahim, chairman of Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks during a Foreign Correspondents’ Association of the Philippines forum in Manila on Tuesday. The chief of the Philippines’ main Muslim rebel group warned that jihadists could seize another Filipino city after Marawi last year. AFP PHOTO

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