Myanmar’s regime reportedly wants to send back more than 200 Bangladeshi prisoners as military rule unravels.
The armed groups and their allies captured the bases in Mansi and Momauk townships on the weekend. Analysts say some of Kachin’s key towns may soon fall.
The Arakan Army says it is capturing regime outposts on the Bangladesh border.
Groups helping displaced people say the regime is responding to battlefield defeats in Kale Township with indiscriminate shelling and airstrikes.
Last of the junta’s soldiers fled Rathedaung town by boat on Sunday evening as the Arakan Army continues its efforts to drive the junta’s military out of Myanmar’s westernmost state.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Rakhine and Kachin states and Bago and Sagaing regions.
The Kachin Independence Army says it fought for a week to topple Infantry Battalion 237 headquarters in Bhamo District.
Regime forces have been raiding Myingyan Township villages in retaliation for a resistance raid, which left six soldiers dead.
The Irrawaddy examines the rapid progress made by the Arakan Army since it launched a major offensive against regime forces in Rakhine and southern Chin on Nov. 13.
He was among many soldiers killed while attempting to flee positions being overrun by the ethnic army in Rakhine State’s Minbya and Kyauktaw townships in recent days.
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