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VideoMyanmar faces its biggest challenge yet to its rule amid recent setbacks in war with rebel groups

  • Two and a half years into the country’s civil war, the latest operation has been described as the most severe blow yet that rebel forces have inflicted on the junta
  • The country’s president Min Aung Hlaing warned the country was at risk of breaking apart

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Myanmar faces its biggest challenge yet to its rule amid recent setbacks in war with rebel groups
Ayman Ragab

Myanmar rulers are facing the biggest challenge to their authority since the military junta seized power during a coup in 2021. Intense fighting between military forces and rebel groups in the country’s border regions with China, as well as mass desertions of Myanmar soldiers, have been reported since October 2023.

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