{"id":5669,"date":"2025-04-10T02:56:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2025-04-10T02:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T20:26:27","slug":"resistance-forces-capture-inndaw-and-falam-in-myanmar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/04\/resistance-forces-capture-inndaw-and-falam-in-myanmar\/","title":{"rendered":"Resistance Forces Capture Inndaw and Falam in Myanmar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5670\" src=\"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"926\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.png 926w, https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-560x334.png 560w, https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-260x155.png 260w, https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-160x96.png 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 926px) 100vw, 926px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 April 8 Overview<\/strong><br \/><em>Moemaka, April 9, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Resistance Forces Capture Inndaw and Falam<\/h3>\n<p>On <strong>April 7<\/strong>, resistance joint forces announced that they had successfully captured <strong>Inndaw<\/strong> in northern Sagaing Region and <strong>Falam<\/strong> in Chin State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inndaw<\/strong> was taken by combined forces of <strong>PDFs under the National Unity Government (NUG)<\/strong> and <strong>ABSDF battalions<\/strong>, while <strong>Falam<\/strong> was seized by the <strong>Chin Brotherhood<\/strong>, a coalition of three Chin armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>This development came while the international community was calling for a halt to fighting due to the catastrophic earthquake that struck the Sagaing region\u2014one of the most severe in 80 to 100 years. Despite this, <strong>the military junta has not stopped its airstrikes<\/strong>, and <strong>resistance forces have also continued offensives in areas not directly impacted by the quake<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>NUG<\/strong> was the first to announce a two-week suspension of offensive operations shortly after the earthquake. This was followed by similar unilateral ceasefire announcements from the <strong>Three Brotherhood Alliance (MNDAA, AA, TNLA)<\/strong>, the <strong>military junta<\/strong> (until April 22, post-Thingyan), and later, the <strong>KIA<\/strong>. However, none of these amounted to <strong>mutual or coordinated ceasefires<\/strong> between opposing forces.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, these unilateral pauses <strong>had no effect<\/strong> on ongoing battles in places like <strong>Naungcho, Inndaw (Sagaing), western Bago<\/strong>, and <strong>Falam (Chin State)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of strategic value:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Falam<\/strong> is the <strong>second-largest town in Chin State<\/strong> after Hakha. Although Hakha remains under junta control, Falam sits midway along the <strong>Kalay\u2013Hakha highway<\/strong>, making it a key access point. The junta has already struggled for years to use overland routes to Hakha, so losing Falam is <strong>significant militarily and symbolically<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Inndaw<\/strong>, located on the <strong>Mandalay\u2013Myitkyina highway<\/strong>, is a <strong>critical junction town<\/strong>. Its capture by resistance forces means the junta now faces <strong>disrupted land routes to Kachin State<\/strong>, weakening its logistical control.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meanwhile, the devastating earthquake has affected large swathes of the country, from <strong>Mandalay and Sagaing to Wundwin, Kyaukse, Pyawbwe, Naypyidaw, and Pyin Oo Lwin<\/strong>, killing over <strong>3,500 people<\/strong>, injuring <strong>over 6,000<\/strong>, and causing <strong>billions of dollars in damage<\/strong>. Yet, the junta appears to prioritize the threat of losing territory over addressing <strong>life-saving humanitarian efforts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While <strong>thousands have died<\/strong>, <strong>millions have lost homes and jobs<\/strong>, and entire regions are struggling with how to rebuild, <strong>military clashes continue<\/strong> in several parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, the continued conflict\u2014despite the natural disaster\u2014makes it clear that <strong>Myanmar&#8217;s civil war is far from resolution<\/strong>, and hopes for negotiation between the warring sides remain bleak.<\/p>\n<p>As countries around the world attempt to assist Myanmar\u2019s earthquake victims, they do so while watching the <strong>ongoing flames of war<\/strong>. It\u2019s become apparent that even natural catastrophes <strong>can\u2019t pause the violence<\/strong> among Myanmar\u2019s armed groups.<\/p>\n<p>People across Myanmar are now facing both <strong>man-made and natural disasters simultaneously<\/strong>. Many displaced by war from <strong>northern Shan, Kachin, Chin, and Sagaing<\/strong> had sought refuge in <strong>Mandalay<\/strong>, only to be struck again by the earthquake. In one tragic example, the <strong>Skylight Villa condo collapse<\/strong> in Mandalay killed a young beauty queen who had previously fled conflict in Kachin State.<\/p>\n<p>For the people of Myanmar, the painful truth remains: they <strong>do not yet have a political system they can trust<\/strong>, one that allows them to shape their own destiny. Instead, that destiny continues to be controlled by <strong>dictators and warlords<\/strong>, leaving the population caught between the wreckage of war and the ruin of disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Myanmar Spring Chronicle \u2013 April 8 OverviewMoemaka, April 9, 2025 Resistance Forces Capture Inndaw and Falam On April 7, resistance joint forces announced that they had successfully captured Inndaw in northern Sagaing Region and Falam in Chin State. Inndaw was&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/04\/resistance-forces-capture-inndaw-and-falam-in-myanmar\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,58],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-5669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current","category-features","tag-myanmar-spring-revolution"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3RDLm-1tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5671,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5669\/revisions\/5671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}