Northern offensive brings ‘new energy’ to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

ALJAZEERA
By Emily Fishbein, Jaw Tu Hkawng and Zau Myet Awng
Published On 3 Nov 2023

Alliance of ethnic armed groups says it has taken a key border town and overrun dozens of military bases.

The Bamar People's Liberation Army has also joined the ethnic armed groups fighting the military in the north [Source: BPLA]

A week ago, one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed alliances launched a coordinated attack on a dozen military outposts in northern Shan State, along the country’s eastern border with China.