An entire military battalion in northern Myanmar's Shan state has surrendered to rebel forces amid an offensive by an alliance of three ethnic armies. Light Infantry Battalion 143, including a deputy commander and two company commanders, agreed to lay down their arms on Monday following talks with the Northern or "Three Brotherhood" Alliance. This is the first time that a whole battalion has capitulated during an operation in northern Shan state. The alliance claims that more than 100 junta troops and pro-junta militia fighters have surrendered during the offensive. The junta has yet to release any information about the surrender of its troops.

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