Myanmar troops retreat to Thai border bridge after days of fighting

Members of the Karen National Liberation Army and People’s Defense Force collect weapons after they captured an army outpost, in the southern part of Myawaddy township in Kayin state, Myanmar , on March 11.Some 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge connecting the border town of Myawaddy to Thailand on Thursday following a days-long assault in the area by anti-junta rebels, according to an ethnic armed group spokesman and local media.

The retreat of junta troops in Myawaddy, which is adjacent to Thailand’s Mae Sot, signals the potential loss of another key border trading outpost that has direct highway access to parts of central Myanmar. Local news outlet Khit Thit reported Thai authorities were in talks with the soldiers to decide whether to grant them refuge.The KNU said last week that its troops had attacked a junta camp near Myawaddy, forcing some 600 security personnel and their families to surrender.

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