FILE PHOTO: A Thai soldier sits in front of the blockage of a road leading to the Thailand-Myanmar border where the fighting between the Myanmar army and ethnic minority rebels still continues in Mae Sot district, Tak province, Thailand, December 19, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
(Reuters) - Some 200 Myanmar military personnel withdrew to a bridge connecting the border town of Myawaddy to Thailand on Thursday following a days-long assault in the area by anti-junta rebels, according to an ethnic armed group spokesman and local media.
Myanmar's military-run government is battling armed rebel groups on several fronts and has suffered a string of defeats in frontier areas.
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