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War and conflict · report
Marawi, the “East Asia Wilayah” and Indonesia
Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 26
- Availability
- Free to read
Published free: the link opens the whole book.
About the book
A report, written while the siege was on, on who the Marawi fighters were, how Indonesians and Malaysians joined them, and what it meant for the region. Free to read.
This is IPAC Report No. 38, dated 21 July 2017, 2 months into the battle for Marawi. It traces how pro-ISIS groups grew in the Philippines, moved their base to Lanao del Sur and took over the city, with sections on their use of social media, their funding and their ties to ISIS in Syria.
The report finds that the Marawi operation got money directly from ISIS central. It describes a chain of command that ran from Syria, through Katibah Nusantara, the Southeast Asian unit led by the Indonesian Bahrumsyah, to a Malaysian, Dr Mahmud Ahmad, who handled recruits and funds in Marawi. Several sections follow Indonesian networks, including fighters who trained on Basilan, and police arrests in Indonesia.
It warns of a higher risk of attacks in Philippine cities, Indonesia and Malaysia, and of new leaders emerging from returning fighters. An appendix gives a partial list of Indonesian fighters in Mindanao.
From understandingconflict.org, file.understandingconflict.org.
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