On 26 April 2021 the
Tatmadaw and the
Karen National Liberation Army (the armed wing of the
Karen National Union) clashed near the
Myanmar–Thailand border.
The fighting ended with the capture and scorching of a Tatmadaw military base by the Karen National Liberation Army. The Tatamdaw responded with airstrikes in
Kayin State
Kayin State ( my, ကရင်ပြည်နယ်, ; kjp, ဖၠုံခါန်ႋကၞင့်, italics=no; ksw, ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်, ), also known by the endonyms Kawthoolei and Karen State, is a state of Myanmar. The ca ...
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As of late April, 2021,''
Al Jazeera
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'' described the clashes as "the fiercest fighting between the Tatmadaw and an ethnic armed group since the
1 February coup."
The clashes occurred in the backdrop of increasing violence and protests in Myanmar caused by the Tatmadaw's coup on 1 February 2021. Prior to the clashes, international organisations and analysts, such as the
United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar, warned that an escalation in violence could lead to a nationwide civil war.
The clashes also broke a brief period of "relative calm" that followed the
ASEAN Summit held two days earlier.
See also
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2021 Myanmar coup d'état
A coup d'état in Myanmar began on the morning of 1 February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country's ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw—Myanmar's military—which then veste ...
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2021 Myanmar protests
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Timeline of the 2021 Myanmar protests
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Timelines can use any suitable scale representi ...
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