Karen resistance forces seize another outpost along the Myanmar-Thailand border

Resistance forces in Karen State told DVB that 30 regime troops were killed by retaliatory airstrikes as they seized the Thebawboe outpost in southern Myawaddy Township on Tuesday. Myawaddy is located 81 miles (130 km) east of the state capital Hpa-an, and across the Myanmar-Thailand border from Tak Province.

A source in the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) told DVB that around 40 regime troops were either killed or injured during the nine days of fighting over control of the outpost. The exact number of casualties on both sides hasn’t been reported. Those who weren’t killed surrendered, the KNLA source added.