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Karen guerillas inflict severe casualties on Myanmar troops
Sat, May 15 2021 23:36 IST |
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Myanmar military forms Peace Talks Committee. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 15 : More than 250 Burmese troops have perished in a week of fighting with the Karen ethnic rebels in a considerable setback in an area earmarked for regrouping by the Burmese urban rebel recruits.
The fighting has intensified this month after the Myanmar army launched an offensive against the bases of the Karen National Union (KNU) after receiving information that they were training and arming ethnic Burmese volunteers to raise urban insurgent units.
Hundreds have joined these outfits, among them Burmese beauty queen Htar Htet.
Myanmar coup cements relations between pro-democracy protesters and armed rebels
Fri, May 14 2021 20:03 IST |
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Myanmar coup cements relations between pro-democracy protesters and armed rebels. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 14: The violence in Myanmar, continuing endlessly since the February 1 military coup, has brought unlikely groups together - peaceful civilian protesters and some of Myanmar s ethnic rebel groups fighting for independence.
The Myanmar military is facing relentless protests from its people after it seized power by deposing popular leader Aung San Suu Kyi soon after democratic elections brought her back to power earlier this year. The coup by the generals derailed the 10-year-old democracy in the South-East Asian country.