The Burma military lost a battalion camp in Mu Traw District and retaliated with airstrikes and artillery while FBR teams helped over 800 people in Kler Lwi Htoo District.

This month, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) cleared Koh Thu Hta camp which had been held by Burma Army LIB 406 in Mu Traw District. Fourteen Burma Army soldiers surrendered and another six fled to Mae Pri Kee. On Jan. 5 at Tet Tu Village, Kler Lwi Htoo District, the Burma Army wounded two children with howitzer artillery fire. On Jan. 9 at Kyauk Kyi Town, Kler Lwi Htoo District, 15 Burma Army trucks, including an armored truck, arrived and prepared to attack Mu Thae, Kler Lwi Htoo District. The same day, a Burma military Y-12 aircraft conducted an airstrike in the vicinity of Mu Thae. 

Between Jan. 12 and 14, KNLA and Burma Army forces clashed intermittently in Ka Ter Hti, Mu Traw District. The Burma military supported their ground troops with at least 19 distinct airstrikes over three days, utilizing jets and Y-12 aircraft. The only significant reported effect of the airstrikes was one wounded People’s Defense Force (PDF) soldier that FBR medics subsequently treated. 

FBR teams conducted three Good Life Club (GLC) programs in Kler Lwi Htoo District from Jan. 6 to 8 in the villages of Lay Mu Ta, Maw Pi Lay, and Hswal Tee, serving 839 people with songs, dances, basic health education, clothing, relief funds, and the gospel.   

The Burma military focused bombings around their camps encircled by resistance groups in Dooplaya and Doo Tha Htoo Districts and also destroyed civilian homes with artillery. Meanwhile, Rangers supported IDPs with food and encouragement.

In Dooplaya District, a Burma military jet and a Y-12 aircraft dropped bombs around Annan Kwin camp on Jan 2, targeting KNLA/PDF resistance forces who sustained no casualties or damage. Ranger medics treated a KNLA/PDF soldier who suffered injuries resulting from other clashes with the Burma Army at Annan Kwin camp. 

Near Lutt Shan Village, Rangers provided 500 rice sacks to around 445 households of IDPs who had fled from fighting with the Burma Army. These IDPs came from Lutt Shan, Zee Nha Pin, Payaw He, and Thawaw Thaw Villages. Please pray that the IDPs will have their needs provided for and that they can return back to their homes in safety.

In Doo Tha Htoo District on Jan. 7, a Burma military jet launched an airstrike at KNLA and Bamar People’s Liberation Army (BPLA) resistance forces while a Burma military Y-12 airplane para-dropped supplies for their encircled soldiers at Mae Pali camp. Later in the day, the Burma Army launched a 40mm round, lightly injuring a resistance soldier. Burma Army in the Mae Pali base shelled artillery into E Su Khee (Ah Shu Caung) Village (Bilin Township) on Jan. 12, destroying seven houses and wounding one villager with shrapnel in his shoulder. 

On Jan. 9, Burma Army LIB 530 mortared into Ai Sant Village, Lokaw District, Karenni State, killing two 12-year-old children and injuring six villagers, including a five-month-old baby whose injuries required surgery.

The same day, a clash between resistance forces and Burma Army and Pa-O National Army (PNA) forces in Naung Po Village, Pekon Township, Shan State, resulted in three dead resistance soldiers with 12 wounded, while the Burma Army and PNO forces sustained 30 casualties. FBR medics treated the wounded resistance soldiers.