BANGKOK — Myanmar's military has seized a key resistance military command headquarters and 10 other bases in the south of the country, state media reported on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, marking a new gain by the army in the civil war as it seeks control of regions long held by resistance forces, the Associated Press reported.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 10, 2026

The capture of the bases in the jungle along the border between Mon state and the Bago region marks the latest setback suffered by pro-democracy armed groups and ethnic militias fighting the army, the Associated Press said.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 10, 2026

A report in the state-run Myanma Alinn newspaper on Tuesday said the army captured 11 bases operating in the jungle area straddling the border between Mon and Bago during a six-day operation that began a week ago.

Source: Myanma Alinn via Associated Press, Nov 10, 2026

11Resistance bases the army says it captured in the six-day operation (Myanma Alinn via AP)
6 daysLength of the operation, which began a week ago (Myanma Alinn via AP)
12PDF battalions the NUG special region command previously said it had, with seven drones and specialised support units (AP)

What the state media report says was taken

The captured positions included the special region command headquarters of the National Unity Government — the shadow administration formed by opponents of military rule — and a battalion headquarters of the Karen National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Karen National Union, a major Karen ethnic rebel group, according to the Myanma Alinn report carried by the Associated Press.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 10, 2026

The NUG's special region command headquarters had said in a previous social media statement that it had 12 People's Defence Force battalions, seven drones with specialized support units, as well as six combat and defense units under its command, the Associated Press reported. The report did not give casualty figures for either side, and no casualty numbers are asserted in this story.

Source: Associated Press, Nov 10, 2026

What is solid

  • Myanmar state media reported on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 that the army captured 11 resistance bases, including the NUG special region command headquarters, in a six-day operation on the Mon-Bago border (Myanma Alinn, reported by the Associated Press).
  • The Associated Press carried the report on November 10 and described it as a new gain for the army and a setback for pro-democracy armed groups and ethnic militias.

What is only claimed

  • The capture itself is a claim by Myanmar's military through its state media. The Associated Press said it could not be independently confirmed because the military does not allow journalists free access to the area, while noting the claim has not been challenged.
  • No casualty figures were given in the reports this story relies on, and none are stated here.

Background: Myanmar has been in civil war since the military seized power in a coup in February 2021, with pro-democracy People's Defence Forces fighting alongside long-established ethnic armed groups against the army across much of the country. The Mon-Bago jungle corridor in the south is one of the fronts where the NUG and the Karen National Liberation Army have operated together.

What happens next: there has been no independent on-the-ground confirmation of the loss of the headquarters, and resistance groups had not publicly challenged the claim in the reports available on Tuesday. If the capture is confirmed, it would disrupt the NUG command structure that coordinated its battalions and drone units in the south; if resistance forces contest or retake the positions, that fighting is likely to be reported first through the same restricted channels, and readers should treat early claims from either side as unverified until independent reporting is possible.