A Myanmar rebel alliance group has gained control of a key town along the country s volatile northern border with China after weeks of fierce fighting with junta troops, it said in a statement. -January 05, 2024 at 04:02 pm EST
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The Three Brotherhood Alliance, as the group is known, said on Friday it had taken took over Laukkai town after the military's regional headquarters located there surrendered. The fall of Laukkai is the rebels' latest victory in a sweeping offensive that began in October and has become the most significant threat to Myanmar's military government since it seized power in a 2021 coup.