Army Col Romeo Brawner said troops were aiming to end the crisis before midnight Sunday. Troops continued to ask the gunmen, who are leaderless and running low on ammunition, to surrender by using loudspeakers, Brawner said. The two governments have deployed surveillance aircraft and drones to help Filipino troops rout the Marawi militants. Last Monday, troops killed the final two surviving leaders of the siege, including Isnilon Hapilon, who is listed among the FBI's most-wanted terror suspects in the world, and Omarkhayam Maute. Among the foreign militants believed to be with the remaining gunmen in Marawi were Malaysian militant Amin Baco and an Indonesian known only as Qayyim.

Source: Bangkok Post October 22, 2017 09:45 UTC