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Nationalist monks have been forming militias in the resistance stronghold of Sagaing Region to counter people’s defense forces (PDFs) fighting Myanmar’s regime, according to residents.
Led by influential monk U Wasawa from the ultranationalist Association for Protection of Race and Religion (APRR), better known by its Burmese acronym Ma Ba Tha, monks have been rallying villagers to support military rule.
Six rebels belonging to the banned outfit Balochistan Liberation Front were killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, a military statement said.
The security forces launched an operation after receiving a tip-off regarding the presence of the rebels in a mountainous range of the province, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement.
Tajikistan on Saturday accused neighboring Kyrgyzstan of provoking a border clash, the latest in a series of armed confrontations between the two small impoverished Central Asian nations.
The frontier between the two countries, both of which host Russian military bases and are closely allied with Moscow, is poorly demarcated.
Around 30 Myanmar junta soldiers were reportedly killed on Tuesday in fierce fighting with a combined group of People’s Defense Forces (PDF) in Kani Township, Sagaing Region.
Civilian resistance fighters from seven PDFs in Kani and Yinmabin townships ambushed a detachment of 86 regime troops on Tuesday morning near a village around four kilometers east of Kani Town.
Five Chinese military planes were tracked in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Sunday (May 29), marking the 20th day of intrusions this month.
Four People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane flew into the southwest corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).