Allied resistance armies seized two towns in northwestern Myanmar, one of the groups said this week. The joint forces captured Matupi township’s Lalengpi and Resaw towns in battles that ended on Wednesday. Resistance fighters attacked and captured a junta outpost with about 50 soldiers in Resaw after four days of fighting, a Chin Defense Forces official told Radio Free Asia. “Our joint team, led by Chin Defense Forces, seized it on the morning of November 29,” he said. “We currently control the town. We had some casualties too.” Eleven junta soldiers surrendered, and four soldiers from the ethnic armed alliance died, he added. The Chin National Army, the armed wing of the more than 20-year-old political organization Chin National Front, partnered with ethnic armed group Chin Defense Forces, to carry out the attack. In Tuesday and Wednesday’s battles, junta troops launched at least 20 airstrikes to defend their position, locals sai