Myanmar’s anti-regime forces are being re-deployed to the south, north, and east of Mandalay amid rising expectations of a coming battle with the military aimed at wresting control of the old capital from the ruling junta by the end of the year.
Militias from Kayin (Karen) State in the southeast and Shan State in the north were ordered this week to reinforce Mandalay’s flanks after securing significant battlefield victories elsewhere in the war-torn country, sources with the People’s Defense Force (PDF) told The Diplomat.
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