More than 2,500 clashes in first four months of 2024: research group

By Admin 20 Aug 2024

DMG Newsroom
20 August 2024, Sittwe

There were 2,539 clashes from January to April between Myanmar’s military regime and resistance forces, according to Nyan Lin Thit Analytica, a local research group.

Resistance forces seized a total of 254 junta positions including one regional operations command, as well as other military operations commands, tactical commands, battalions, and police stations, it said.

Sagaing Region saw 593 clashes in the four months from January to April, followed by Arakan State and Magwe Region with 285 and 214 clashes respectively, the report said. The rest took place in other parts of the country where anti-regime forces have exchanged fire with Myanmar’s military regime.

A total of 457 civilians were killed and 642 others were injured in junta airstrikes, artillery attacks and raids during that period, according to the report.

Civilian casualties were highest in Sagaing Region and Arakan State. Clashes and targeted attacks on civilians were the major causes of the casualties, Nyan Lin Thit Analytica said.

A total of 3,243 junta soldiers were killed and 2,373 others injured in those clashes, the organisation claimed, adding that the resistance side suffered 276 fatalities, and 225 injured.

Said a military analyst in Arakan State: “It is unlikely that the nationwide war will end soon. The war broke out because of the people’s opposition to the military dictatorship. The war will end only when the regime is deposed.”

Anti-regime forces have seized 75 towns since launching Operation 1027 in late October.

An activist from Ponnagyun Town in Arakan State said he believed the popular revolt could crush the military dictatorship.

“It is encouraging that resistance groups are fighting the regime across the country. The revolt since Operation 1027 can deliver a fatal blow to the military regime,” he said.

The regime has lost strategic holdings including one regional command, one regional operations command, two military operations commands, and hundreds of battalion bases.