Myanmar’s military has recaptured some camps previously controlled by ethnic rebels in northeastern Shan state nearly eight months of fighting, sources familiar with the situation said Wednesday.
The junta that seized power in a February 2021 coup has been under major pressure from its insurgent enemies over the past year losing large areas of territory, military bases and major towns.
The military has repeatedly called for talks over the past few months while at the same time unleashing its air force in devastating attacks on insurgents and the towns and villages they control, killing numerous civilians, rights group says.
On Wednesday, sources told RFA Burmese that late last month, junta troops recaptured camps previously controlled by the ethnic Ta’ang National Liberation Army, or TNLA, and its allies in Nawnghkio’s Tawng Hkam village, on the border with neighboring Mandalay region.