Myanmar airstrikes displace more people along Thai-Myanmar border

FILE PHOTO: A Thai soldier sits in front of a blocked road leading to the Thailand-Myanmar border where fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels still continues, December 19, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's military carried out more airstrikes on a rebel-controlled area near the Thai border, the rebel group said on Friday, in the latest escalation of violence that has sent hundreds fleeing into Thailand.

The Karen National Union (KNU) said the military launched at least two airstrikes and fired some artillery rounds on an area under its control near the Thai-Myanmar border late on Thursday.