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]
| Black Leopard Army | |
|---|---|
| ကျားသစ်နက် တပ်မတော် | |
| Leader | Ko Ukkar |
| Dates of operation | 23 October 2021 – present |
| Headquarters | Yinmabin District |
| Active regions | Sagaing Region |
| Size | ~700[1] |
| Allies | National Unity Government of Myanmar |
| Opponents |  Myanmar (SAC)
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| Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar |
| Website | Black Leopard Army on Facebook |
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edit- ^ a b c "အကြွေး သိန်း ၁ ထောင်နဲ့ ၂ နှစ်ပြည့်ထိ ရှေ့ဆက်လာတဲ့ ကျားသစ်နက်တပ်ဖွဲ့" (in Burmese). Midland Voice. 2023-10-23.
- ^ "Over 60 Myanmar Junta Forces Killed in Three Days of Resistance Attacks". The Irrawaddy. 2023-01-16.
- ^ "မကွေးရေနံမြေတဝိုက်ကို စစ်ကောင်စီတပ်တွေ နေရာအနှံ့ စစ်ကြောင်းထိုး၊ ဒေသခံထောင်ချီ ထွက်ပြေးရ" (in Burmese). BBC Burmese. 2023-03-10.
- ^ "ပုလဲမြို့တွင် PDF အပါအဝင် ဒေသခံ ၃ ဦးကို စစ်ကောင်စီ ခေါင်းဖြတ်သတ်" (in Burmese). Myanmar Now. 2023-09-28.
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