Red flags flutter over bullet-scarred buildings in the strategic Myanmar city of Lashio, which an ethnic minority group linked to China seized from the military in its biggest defeat for decades.
Junta jets are still pounding the city and targets have included hospitals and administrative buildings, according to the US Institute of Peace's Myanmar programme chief Jason Tower.
But analysts say the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) will struggle to govern Lashio, which straddles a key trade route to China and normally has a population of 150,000. Most ...
ed flags flutter over bullet-scarred buildings in the strategic Myanmar city of Lashio, which an ethnic minority armed group linked to China seized from the military in its biggest defeat for decades.
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