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    • MyanmarPDF fighters are seen carrying out a mission in Sagaing Region in 2022 (Myanmar Now)
      Thura MaungFebruary 15, 2024

      Kawlin retaken by junta forces after three months in resistance hands 

      Resistance forces say that air and artillery assaults forced them to finally withdraw from the town after nearly two weeks of intense fighting

    • MyanmarA resistance flag is raised at the general administration office in Kawlin, Sagaing Region, on November 6, after the town was seized by resistance forces (NUG)
      Nora PyaeThura MaungFebruary 7, 2024

      Hundreds of junta troops attempt to retake Kawlin town from resistance

      The town was seized from the military by resistance forces in November, but clashes are intensifying as newly deployed junta columns advance toward the district seat in upper Sagaing

    • MyanmarTroops from the pro-military Pyu Saw Htee militia—the group that occupied Zee Phyu Kone for two years—are seen near Kanbalu on November 1, 2023 (Supplied)
      Thura MaungFebruary 7, 2024

      Eight civilians found dead after junta raid on Shwebo Township village

      Junta troops attempt to reclaim control of the community after resistance groups pushed the military’s occupying Pyu Saw Htee out of the village months earlier

    • MyanmarJunta troops in Kanbalu Township in mid-January (State Administration Council)
      Thura MaungJanuary 31, 2024

      Myanmar junta masses troops in northern Sagaing to retake town captured by resistance

      Hundreds of regime forces have been readied for what looks set to be a full-scale assault on the NUG-controlled town of Kawlin

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      Thura MaungJanuary 17, 2024

      In Myanmar’s heartland, a ‘public militia’ created to sow division

      As its enemies in other parts of the country unite, the regime is relying on the Pyu Saw Htee to help it ‘divide and rule’ in Sagaing

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