Old AFP photo recirculates in posts about Philippine military air strike against pro-IS militants

An image has been shared thousands of times on Facebook in March 2022 alongside a claim it shows an air strike by the Philippine military against an Islamist group in the southern Philippines. But the image has been shared in a misleading context. While the Philippine military said it dropped bombs against pro-IS militants in March 2022, the photo is actually from 2017. It

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