Resistance reports fierce fighting as regime’s Operation Yan Naing Min pushes to retake towns, villages, and key routes in southern Shan and Karenni states.

For decades, the Myanmar military has employed Washington’s sharpest lobbyists to improve its image on the global stage—with invariably disastrous results.

Unidentified resistance fighters ambushed a junta outpost in Sagaing Region on Sunday while regime forces were raiding surrounding villages.