Cabinet execs pose with recovered ISIS flag, say Marawi crisis nearly over

Cabinet officials of President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday posed with a recovered ISIS flag to declare that the crisis in Marawi City is nearly over.

A photo posted by GMA News' Cedric Castillo shows Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana raising a fist while clutching the flag in Camp Ranao in Marawi City. He is flanked by National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza..

Cabinet Secretaries, holding a recovered IS flag, tell reporters the end of war in Marawi City "near" @gmanews pic.twitter.com/3ymSxwzE1n

— Cedric Castillo (@cedric_castillo) June 8, 2017

According to the tweet, they told reporters that "the end of war in Marawi City is near."

Recovered weapons, ammo, and comm devices were also presented in Camp Ranao.

As of June 6, a total of 134 Maute members, 39 government troops, and 20 civilians have been killed in the ongoing clashes between government troops and local terror group Maute in Marawi City.

The Maute group, which authorities say has professed allegiance to ISIS, attacked Marawi City as government forces were about to serve a warrant of arrest on Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon on May 23. Duterte has previously called Hapilon the "top honcho" of ISIS in the Philippines. —Jessica Bartolome/JST, GMA News