National Liberation Army (Myanmar)

National Liberation Army
National Liberation Army
အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော်
	Flag of National Liberation Army (Myanmar)
Foundation	5 March 2023
Allies	State allies National Unity Government; Non-state allies Chinland Defence Force; Kachin Independence Army; People's Defence Force;
Opponents	State opponents Myanmar (SAC) Tatmadaw Myanmar Army North Western Command; ; Myanmar Police Force; Pyusawhti militias; ; ; Non-state opponents Shanni Nationalities Army;
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Myanmar civil war (2021–present);

The National Liberation Army (Burmese: အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော်; abbreviated NLA) is an armed resistance organization active in the Tamu District of Myanmar.^[2]^[1]

History

Formerly part of the PDF as Tamu Battalion 3, the NLA split off on March 5, 2023 to form their own resistance organization.^[3] ^[1] On March 24th, the NLA launched Operation Coucal where they performed an early morning raid on a Myanmar Police Force station in Bokkan village. Shotguns, BA-94 Uzis, BA-63 battle rifles, AK-47 assault rifles, ammunition, knives, bayonets, explosives, and police equipment were seized.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Junta launches major ground, air attack on PDF base near India border". Myanmar Now. 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
^ ^a ^b "NLA raids Boatkan Police Station in Sagaing Region, seizes large cache of weapons and ammunition". Burma News International. 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
^ "တမူး PDF တပ်ရင်း အမှတ် (၃) က အမည်ပြောင်းပြီး သီးခြားရပ်တည်" [Tamu PDF becomes independent and changes its name]. Myanmar Now (in Burmese). 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

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[tamubor-1] "Junta launches major ground, air attack on PDF base near India border". Myanmar Now. 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on March 27, 2023. Retrieved 2023-01-10.

[bni-2] "NLA raids Boatkan Police Station in Sagaing Region, seizes large cache of weapons and ammunition". Burma News International. 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

[3] "တမူး PDF တပ်ရင်း အမှတ် (၃) က အမည်ပြောင်းပြီး သီးခြားရပ်တည်" [Tamu PDF becomes independent and changes its name]. Myanmar Now (in Burmese). 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on April 7, 2023. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

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