Regime’s territorial control said to be increasingly tenuous

By Admin 23 Dec 2023

DMG Newsroom
23 December 2023, Sittwe

The Myanmar military has been depleted as nationwide resistance efforts continue to escalate, with the regime’s ability to control its territory under threat, according to BNI-Myanmar Peace Monitor.

The regime has lost control of a total of 24 towns in northern Shan State, Chin, Karenni (Kayah) and Kachin states, and Sagaing Region.

“The junta’s administration, including its troops, are vulnerable to resistance attacks anytime, anywhere across all regions and states,” BNI said in a report.

Since the 2021 coup, there were 3,739 clashes across the country as of December 12, said the BNI report. July and November 2023 saw the largest numbers of clashes, with a total of 319.

Amid the nationwide civil war, fighting is particularly fierce in Sagaing, Magwe, eastern Bago, Tanintharyi and Mandalay regions as well as Chin, Shan, Kachin, Karenni, Mon and southern Shan states.

Out of 330 townships across the country, the regime and revolutionary forces are fighting in 219 townships, or 66 percent of the country.

“The regime is likely to lose more towns and outposts,” predicts BNI.

The regime has released jailed soldiers and police to serve on the frontlines, and has stepped up air raids in a bid to regain control of its lost outposts.

The fighting will continue to rage into 2024 across the country as resistance offensives will intensify into the end of 2023, the BNI report stated.