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SINGAPORE: At 4am on Oct 27, a coalition of powerful ethnic rebel armies in Myanmar, known as the Brotherhood Alliance, launched a series of attacks on the ruling junta's forces in northern Shan state.

The alliance, made up of ethnic Arakan, Ta'ang and Kokang troops, aims to get rid of Myanmar's military dictatorship as well as eradicate notorious online scam syndicates operating near the border with China.

Their offensive, codenamed Operation 1027 to mark the date it began, has sparked similar attacks by other resistance militias in the country.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the prolonged, coordinated fighting - which has also led to growing numbers of soldiers in the armed forces defecting or surrendering to the opposition.

How did the operation grow in scale?
On the day of the Brotherhood Alliance's attacks in Shan state, the Karen National Liberation Army breached junta offices in Kayin state, south of Shan.

Almost immediately, the National Unity Government - an administration formed in exile after Myanmar's 2021 coup - said its civilian troops, the People's Defence Force, would join Operation 1027.

Days later, the Arakan Army and Kachin Independence Army seized military outposts in Kachin state.
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