Air raids, conscripts and China: How Myanmar’s military is regaining ground
The rebel fighters who abandoned Falam in Myanmar in April said they gave up the border town near India only after running out of bullets. The fighters had endured a six-month assault by Myanmar’s military, including hundreds of air strikes and a ground assault by roughly 1,000 troops.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The fighters had endured a six-month assault by Myanmar’s military, including hundreds of air strikes and a ground assault by roughly 1,000 troops.
- Fact 2: Malaysia to return 1,500 Rohingya refugees next month, despite safety fears Cambodia’s claim to have ended scam compounds met with scepticism Myanmar military bombing kills 14 at Buddhist monastery, opposition reports Why Rohingya refugees are protesting in Cox’s Bazar, 9 years after genocide Within weeks, three more towns in Chin had fallen, and by late May, the military was claiming control of the entire northern part of the state.
- Fact 3: The country’s opposition – a loose coalition of militias and ethnic armed organisations fighting the military that seized power in a 2021 coup – has been weakened.
- Fact 4: Their gains in 2023 and 2024, when coordinated offensives stripped the military of dozens of towns, have given way to a steady withdrawal from the urban centres they had captured.
The rebel fighters who abandoned Falam in Myanmar in April said they gave up the border town near India only after running out of bullets. The fighters had endured a six-month assault by Myanmar’s military, including hundreds of air strikes and a ground assault by roughly 1,000 troops.
The fall of the town, which had been under opposition control for a year, marked a strategic victory for the military: Falam is home to the only airport in Chin State and commands a trade route to the Indian border. Malaysia to return 1,500 Rohingya refugees next month, despite safety fears Cambodia’s claim to have ended scam compounds met with scepticism Myanmar military bombing kills 14 at Buddhist monastery, opposition reports Why Rohingya refugees are protesting in Cox’s Bazar, 9 years after genocide Within weeks, three more towns in Chin had fallen, and by late May, the military was claiming control of the entire northern part of the state. “Falam taught us an important lesson,” said Salai William Chin, a member of the rebel Chin Brotherhood.
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