Fighting continues to expand in Shan State
Fighting is spreading over larger areas of northern Shan State as the Tatmadaw and a newly allied ethnic armed group move in reinforcements, according to the Ta’ang National Liberation Army.
Villagers forced to flee the conflict are reported to have scattered across five townships.
The current round of clashes between the Tatmadaw and the TNLA in Namhsan, Mine Ton/Mong Ton and Kyaukme townships began on 13 December and worsened with the military’s deployment of helicopter gunships on 14 and 15 December, the TNLA said. Severe fighting first flared over the last four days of November.
