Black Leopard Army

Ethnic armed organisation in Myanmar
Black Leopard Army
ကျားသစ်နက် တပ်မတော်
LeaderKo Ukkar
Dates of operation23 October 2021 (2021-10-23) – present
HeadquartersYinmabin District
Active regionsSagaing Region
Size~700[1]
AlliesNational Unity Government of Myanmar
  • People's Defense Force
Opponents Myanmar (SAC)
  • Tatmadaw
    •  Myanmar Army
      • North Western Command
    • Myanmar Police Force
    • Pyusawhti militias
Battles and warsMyanmar civil war (2021–present)
WebsiteBlack Leopard Army on Facebook

The Black Leopard Army[2] (Burmese: ကျားသစ်နက် တပ်မတော်[1][3][4]; abbr. BLA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Sagaing Region.The BLA was founded on 23 October 2021, with nearly 700 members. According to Midland Voice, Over the past two years, the BLA participated in 78 clashes, killed 155 Tatmadaw soldiers, with 13 BLA soldiers killed and 6 injured.[1]

See also

  • Operation 1027

References

  1. ^ a b c "အကြွေး သိန်း ၁ ထောင်နဲ့ ၂ နှစ်ပြည့်ထိ ရှေ့ဆက်လာတဲ့ ကျားသစ်နက်တပ်ဖွဲ့" (in Burmese). Midland Voice. 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ "Over 60 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Three Days of Resistance Attacks". The Irrawaddy. 2023-01-16.
  3. ^ "မကွေးရေနံမြေတဝိုက်ကို စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်တွေ နေရာအနှံ့ စစ်ကြောင်းထိုး၊ ဒေသခံထောင်ချီ ထွက်ပြေးရ" (in Burmese). BBC Burmese. 2023-03-10.
  4. ^ "ပုလဲမြို့တွင် PDF အပါအဝင် ဒေသခံ ၃ ဦးကို စစ်ကောင်စီ ခေါင်းဖြတ်သတ်" (in Burmese). Myanmar Now. 2023-09-28.
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