Regime regains control of Nawnghkio in northern Shan State during counteroffensive

Residents of northern Shan State told DVB that regime troops recaptured six urban wards of Nawnghkio town from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Wednesday following a counteroffensive which began in April. The TNLA, along with its allied resistance forces, have had control of Nawnghkio for nearly one year.

“We learnt that the regime’s counteroffensive is continuing northward after the resistance withdrew from the town,” a Nawnghkio resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity. Kyaukme, another TNLA-controlled town, is 32 miles (51 km) northeast of Nawnghkio and 96 miles (154 km) south of the regional capital Lashio.