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People who fled Myanmar carry their belongings across a bridge that connects Myanmar and India at the border village of Zokhawthar, Champhai district, in India's northeastern state of Mizoram, India, November 15, 2023. (Reuters)

Twenty-nine Myanmarese soldiers, who fled to Mizoram following intense gunfights with militia group People’s Defence Force (PDF), were sent back to their country on Sunday, an official said.

With these, a total of 74 Myanmar army personnel, who crossed over to India after their camps were overrun by militia groups in the recent gunfight, have been escorted back to their country, she said.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world/...k-9033463/

Armed Rebels Seize Nearly 50% Of Myanmar In Military Offensive; Junta Says Nation On The Brink Of Breaking Apart.

 Myanmar’s military, known as the Tatmadaw, is facing its biggest threat since it seized power two-and-a-half years ago. In a significant challenge, the military junta is battling ethnic insurgent groups to keep control of the country’s border towns.

Different groups of well-armed rebels have joined forces for the first time and are gaining ground to restore democratic rule. The violence is causing people to flee to neighboring countries, bringing internal unrest to the world stage.

After the takeover of the government by the Tatmadaw in a February 2021 coup, ethnic rebel groups based mainly in Myanmar’s peripheral regions have organized armed opposition to the junta. In recent advances, rebels have seized nearly a hundred outposts in the north of the country, including several vital towns and critical trade routes.

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/armed-rebe...ive-junta/
Myanmar offensive began last month in Shan State. Behind it is an alliance of three ethnic armies. They aim to overthrow the military junta and restore democratic rule. Their gains have encouraged resistance forces elsewhere in the country, seizing several towns.

The military-govt of President Myint Swe has warned country is in danger of breaking apart, saying that Myanmar would “split into various parts” if the govt “did not effectively manage incidents happening in the border region.”

They (rebels) have seized over 8,000 square (?) kilometers and advances were made over a set of four offensives up till now. The first was on October 27 during Operation 1027, undertaken by the “Three Brotherhood Alliance” comprising three ethnic groups — the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and the Arakan Army (AA), in northern Shan State. Amongst the Brotherhood alliances were fighters from Rakhine state, situated further SouthWest of the country.

This was followed by a second offensive, ‘Operation 1107’, undertaken on November 7, in which the Karreni resistance forces captured at least two military bases in the southeastern Kayah State. Operation 1107 was launched to liberate Kayah State and support the resistance’s advance to Pyinmana, near the junta’s Naypyitaw fortress.