

Updated On: 06 July, 2024 09:23 AM IST | Bangkok | Agencies
“In phase two, our number one aim is the eradication of the military dictatorship, and number two is the protection and safety of local people,” she said

Protesters run to avoid military forces. FILE PIC/X
New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered cease-fire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war.
The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, one of three powerful militias that launched a surprise joint offensive last October, renewed its attacks on regime positions last week in northeastern Shan state, which borders China, Laos and Thailand, and the neighbouring Mandalay region with the support of local forces there.