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Myanmar junta opponents launch rocket attack on capital airport.

YANGON – Opponents of junta launched rocket attack on airport in capital Naypyidaw caused no casualties, security sources said July 17, a rare breach of the military’s seat of power. The junta ouster democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s govt in 2021 coup sparked renewed fighting with ethnic minority armed groups, & with the pro-democracy People’s Defence Forces (PDFs). Two rockets hit Naypyidaw Airport on morning of July 16, a security source told Agence France-Presse (AFP), on condition of anonymity.

Its centre of country, sprawling military-built city of Naypyidaw home to junta’s top brass & civil servants, its heavy security presence surrounding area. The junta top brass has their planning it fight using the military against opponents is their ravages fighting along in the country. In April, PDF groups launched more than a dozen drones at targets in Naypyidaw that closed temporarily the main airport.
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