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Myanmar anti-coup forces retain optimism in face of air attacks - Al Jazeera English
Feb 01, 2023 58 secs
“The landscape has remained the same in overall 2022,” he said, adding that the military has failed to revert most theatres to “a pre-coup status quo”, while the resistance has been unable to “secure strategic areas”.

Min Zaw Oo also pointed out that the success rate of attacks on “fortified positions of the military” is about 40-45 percent, but resistance groups are often unable to hold and defend seized bases or outposts.

Anthony Davis, a security analyst with the publication Jane’s Defence, warned in November against “attempting prematurely to transition from guerrilla tactics to semi-conventional operations”.

The country’s most powerful non-state armed group, the United Wa State Army, has instead taken advantage of the military’s weakened position to demand more formal recognition of the territory it controls.

Anti-regime armed groups and human rights activists have repeatedly called for the international community to declare a no-fly zone or impose an embargo on supplying aviation fuel to Myanmar.

The military has turned increasingly to air attacks over the past year in a move opponents say is a sign of their weakness [File: Aung Shine Oo/AP Photo]Htet Ni, a spokesperson for the CNF, agrees.

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