Ethnic Rebel Alliance Launches Coordinated Attacks Against Myanmar Military in Northeastern Regions

Three Brotherhood Alliance, comprised of the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, initiate "Operation 1027" amidst complex political backdrop with China; numerous military targets, checkpoints, and border trade crossings seized amidst heavy fighting.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance, an alignment of the Arakan Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, and the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, has initiated a coordinated offensive targeting military locations in northeastern Myanmar's Shan state near the China border.
The Alliance's 'Operation 1027' seeks to safeguard civilian lives, maintain control over their territory, and respond to continued artillery attacks and air strikes by the Myanmar military government.
The ongoing conflict involves a complex political backdrop, given the close relations both Myanmar's ruling generals and the rebel groups maintain with neighboring China, and the protection of Chinese-backed projects in contested territories.
In towns across northern Shan state, rebel forces have seized military targets, checkpoints, border trade crossings, toll gates, and police stations, and there have been reports of numerous military casualties.
The attacks, involving at least 15,000 fighters between the three rebel groups, have sparked widescale displacement, with hundreds of civilians fleeing to safer areas.