The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed groups, has unveiled the formation of its new 12th “Elephant Battalion”, bolstering its fight against the Myanmar military junta. The KIA, fighting for greater autonomy for Myanmar’s Kachin minority, has intensified its offensives in northern Myanmar, where resistance forces have gained significant ground against junta troops. #Myanmar #KachinIndependenceArmy #KIA #ElephantBattalion #CivilWar #Tatmadaw #MyanmarCoup #

KIA, PDF seize military camp in Kachin State December 4, 2023 Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and People's Defense Force fighters seized a military camp near Shwe Nyein Chan Village in Shwegu Township, Kachin State on Dec. 1. The KIA/PDF forces killed at least four soldiers and seized weapons and ammunition, capturing the camp after 40 minutes of fighting. Three resistance fighters were wounded, Myo Hla PDF reported. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #WarAgainstTheJuntaMyanmar ------------------- Help The

7.6K views · 116 reactions | Thousands of people in Myanmar’s northern Kachin state are fleeing their homes into the jungle by foot and even elephant to escape a surge in fighting between ethnic Kachin rebels and the Myanmar army in one of the world’s longest-running -- yet often forgotten -- civil wars. | AFP News Agency | Facebook

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When Alexander withdrew from India, his army staggered west through the Gedrosian desert while Admiral Nearchus threaded a battered fleet along today’s Pakistani and Iranian shore. There, Greek observers recorded communities whose lives were tuned wholly to the ocean. They netted shoals, split and sun-dried the catch on racks, then pounded the flesh into meal and mixed it with grain to make dense, salty cakes—“fish bread” that traveled well and spoiled slowly. Oil came from the sea, too: rendere