Mon National Liberation Army
Insurgent group in Myanmar / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Mon National Liberation Army (Mon: ဒပ်ပၞာန်ဗၠးၜးကောန်ဂကူမန်; Burmese: မွန်အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော်; abbreviated MNLA) is a Mon insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma).[2] It is the armed wing of the New Mon State Party (NMSP), and has been fighting government forces since 1949, though under different names. The NMSP signed the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) on 15 October 2015 with several other insurgent groups and the government of Myanmar.
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Mon National Liberation Army | |
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Mon: ဒပ်ပၞာန်ဗၠးၜးကောန်ဂကူမန် Burmese: မွန်အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေး တပ်မတော် | |
Dates of operation | July 1958 (1958-07) – present |
Headquarters | Ye Chaung Phya, Mon State |
Active regions | Mon State Tanintharyi Region[1] |
Ideology | Mon nationalism Federalism |
Size | 1500+[2] |
Part of | New Mon State Party |
Opponents | State opponents
Non-state opponents
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Battles and wars |
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