Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duterte ya ci gaba da tattaunawar zaman lafiya da Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Philippines a shekarar 2016, amma ya soke dukkan tattaunawar a watan Fabrairun 2017 bayan hare-hare da sace sojoji da mambobin NPA suka yi, a hukumance ya ayyana CPP-NPA a matsayin kungiyar ta'addanci. Bayan mamayar Marawi da Maute Group ke jagoranta, Duterte ya ayyana dokar ta baci a duk fadin Mindanao wanda daga baya aka tsawaita shi na shekaru biyu har zuwa 2019 a kokarin tabbatar da tsari a tsibirin. Yaƙin Marawi
ya ɗauki tsawon watanni biyar daga 23 ga Mayu zuwa 17 ga Oktoba, 2017, kwana ɗaya bayan mutuwar shugabannin mayakan Omar Maute da Isnilon Hapilon, tare da Duterte ya ayyana Marawi a matsayin "an 'yantar da shi daga tasirin' yan ta'adda".