With monsoon season on horizon, coming weeks could prove critical for outcome of Burmese war

The Burmese rebel forces are riding the momentum of a few recent victories heading into monsoon season, which will render the military junta's air force less potent.

Burma has been plunged into chaos since a military coup in February 2021 led to the rise of an armed resistance that is now working alongside ethnic minority rebel groups, some of which have been fighting the military for decades.

The junta and the resistance have a limited window to make gains or hold their ground, as rain-laden monsoon clouds begin rolling across Burma around early June. Such weather particularly hampers the military that is strung out on multiple front lines by blunting the advantage of its air power, analysts said.