Myanmar Junta Retakes Bhamo Battalion HQ

Myanmar’s regime retook its artillery battalion in Bhamo, Kachin State, on Tuesday, five days after the arrival of a reinforcement flotilla, Kachin Independence Army (KIA) spokesman Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy.

Artillery Battalion 366 near 21 Military Operations Command was seized by the KIA and its allies in February.

On July 17, a regime flotilla of 17 vessels reportedly carrying reinforcements, food and ammunition left Mandalay through resistance-controlled areas up the Irrawaddy River. Six boats were destroyed by resistance forces including the KIA along the river and the rest reached Bhamo on August 1.