Thai Army soldiers are seen in the background as Karen refugees carry their belongings at Salween riverbank in Mae Hong Son, Thailand March 29, 2021. Karen Women's Organization/Handout via REUTERS
(Reuters) - One of Myanmar's oldest ethnic minority rebel groups has warned major conflict with the military could soon erupt and has called for international intervention and protection of its people forced to flee fighting.
The Karen National Union (KNU) which until 2012 fought one of the world's longest-running insurgencies, is preparing its fighters for attacks on several fronts, as hostilities with the military reignite following a Feb. 1 coup.
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