"In Tanintharyi, the southernmost region of Myanmar, the local resistance has managed to contain the military. After five years of guerrilla warfare, the revolutionary youth there remain determined to restore democracy through armed struggle. A long, narrow stretch of land at the southern tip of Myanmar, between the Andaman Sea to the west and Thailand to the east, Tanintharyi region is one of the areas where the resistance challenges the military's authority."
"After the coup and the wave of popular uprising, the local guerrilla movement has grown dramatically. On 1 February 2021, the military overthrew the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi, ending a decade of democratic experimentation in Myanmar. Peaceful protests against the coup were brutally suppressed, pushing the youth at the forefront of the opposition to join the armed resistance."
Tanintharyi is a long narrow region at Myanmar's southern tip between the Andaman Sea and Thailand. Local resistance has contained the military after five years of guerrilla warfare. Revolutionary youth remain determined to restore democracy through armed struggle. The region has long hosted a Karen-led armed rebellion in the peripheral mountains. Since the 1 February 2021 coup, the guerrilla movement grew as peaceful protests were brutally suppressed, pushing youth to join armed groups. The junta now faces both newly formed forces and longstanding ethnic armies. Fighting involves mortars, outflanking maneuvers, and strikes that have destroyed civilian sites like monasteries.
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