Myanmar army fighter jets launched air strikes recently on a village near the Thai border in territory controlled by an armed ethnic group, the group said, as fears grow of civil war following last month’s military coup.
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Unrest in coup-hit Myanmar has thrown the spotlight on some of the country’s armed ethnic groups, after three of them threatened the junta with retaliation for its deadly crackdown on protests.
An estimated one-third of Myanmar’s territory mostly the border regions is currently controlled by 20-odd armed rebel outfits, according to the International Crisis Group.
Key groups include the United Wa State Army, the Karen National Union, the Kachin Independence Army, the Arakan Army, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army.