This handout photo taken and released on October 27 by the Kokang Information Network shows MNDAA Major General Peng Deqi (centre R) commanding operations against Myanmar’s military near Lashio township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State.//AFP
Heavy fighting between rebels and the Myanmar military stretched into a second day near the country’s northern border with China, armed groups said Saturday.
Myanmar’s junta seized power in a February 2021 coup that sparked renewed fighting with powerful ethnic rebel groups in northern Shan state.
An alliance of ethnic rebel groups launched coordinated attacks on military positions across the country’s north on Friday, posing a fresh challenge to the junta as it struggles to quell resistance to its rule.
The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army said Saturday it had seized three military outposts — two located close to Mongko…
