US and Iran: Philippines deploys 2 battalions to Mideast to help repatriate Filipinos
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the deployment of two battalions to the Middle East to help repatriate thousands of Filipinos working there amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. Lorenzana said Duterte’s idea is to send the soldiers in the Middle East not to fight […]
