Singapore offers Manila use of drones, urban warfare training facilities
Offer aimed at helping Asean neighbour fight Islamist militants
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SINGAPORE said on Wednesday it has offered surveillance drones and urban warfare training to Philippine troops battling Islamist fighters, to prevent the militants from becoming entrenched and threatening the rest of South-east Asia.
Philippine troops have been battling to dislodge militants loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group, who seized parts of the southern city of Marawi on May 23 in a bid to establish a base in the Mindanao region which shares sea borders with Malaysia and Indonesia.
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