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The United States announced Tuesday the launch of a 25-million-dollar programme to~improve conditions for people in war-torn~Marawi City and neighbouring towns in southern Philippines.
"The US government shares the concern of the Philippine government for ongoing economic, social, health, and education needs of the people of Marawi and neighbouring municipalities,"US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim said during his visit in Marawi City.
Some 400,000 residents of Marawi and nearby towns were displaced when Islamic State-allied militants attacked Marawi in May last year.
The five-month battle between soldiers and the militants left~more than 900 terrorists, 47 civilians and 165 government troops dead, and turned houses and buildings into rubble.
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