autotldr Bot , 9 months ago

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The fiercest fighting has been near Myanmar’s border with China in northern Shan state where three powerful ethnic armed groups have combined to lead an offensive that has taken multiple towns and military outposts in recent weeks.

Anti-junta fighters operating with “unprecedented coordination” have overrun 100 military outposts and the junta stands to lose control of key border crossings that account for some 40% of cross-border trade and a vital tax revenue source, the United States Institute of Peace think-tank said.

Maung Saungkha, leader of the Bamar People’s Liberation Army, which contributed troops to the offensive, told Reuters the rebel alliance had spent more than a year preparing to take on the better-armed military.

The operation was “the biggest and most successful of the Spring Revolution”, he said, referring to the popular uprising against the junta that ousted a democratically elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

Resistance groups are working closely to batter the already stretched military, said an adviser to Myanmar’s parallel civilian administration, known as the National Unity Government, which has backed separate assaults on towns in Sagaing division.

The offensive puts further pressure on a military leadership already facing biting economic sanctions, a foreign exchange shortage and a corruption crisis that has ensnared several of junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s allies, the diplomats said.

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