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TNLA Restarts Operation 1027 Against Myanmar Junta. Operation 1027 restarted in northern Shan State on Tuesday after Myanmar’s junta was accused of repeatedly breaching a Chinese-brokered ceasefire.

Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), and Brotherhood Alliance launched coordinated attacks last year, had now attacked junta forces at Kyauk Kyan village in Nawnghkio Township.
TNLA troops go on to attacked Nyein Chan Yay hill in Kyaukme Township as Kyaukme town was shelled, according to the media. TNLA also said it attacked junta forces at Pann Sa Pay village, Mogoke Township, in northern Mandalay Region.

Mogoke People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) said they are joining forces with the TNLA in Mogoke township. Pyin Oo Lwin PDF warned civilians not to use the Mandalay-Mogoke road overnight and to stay away from regime forces. PDFs said they had attacked regime bases in Madaya Township on Mandalay-Mogoke road Tues.

Major General Tar Phone Kyaw, general secretary of the TNLA, on Monday threatened retaliation against junta. The Brotherhood Alliance, also includes Arakan Army & Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, launched Operation 1027, named after its start date of October 27, against junta in northern Shan State.

When China ended the fighting on January 10, the junta had lost 24 battalion headquarters and command centers and hundreds of frontline bases. It lost control of more than half of northern Shan State, including around 20 towns and vital trade routes to China. Under China’s ceasefire deal, the Brotherhood Alliance agreed to stop its advances while the junta promised to end airstrikes and shelling.