Oliver Conway

You're listening to the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway.

We're recording this at 15 hours GMT on Wednesday the 10th of June.

Rebels in Myanmar tell the BBC they're losing ground as the military forces thousands of men to join the army.

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In the five years since a coup brought the armed forces to power in Myanmar, civil war has raged, leaving almost 100,000 people dead.

Until recently, the military has been losing ground to rebel and ethnic groups.

But the forced recruitment of tens of thousands of conscripts and the use of new drone technology has changed that.

And now the armed opposition is on the back foot.

Quentin Somerville reports from inside Myanmar.

Hidden deep under forest cover in Myanmar's Karen State is a field hospital, a jumble of bamboo and wooden buildings that treats resistance fighters injured in their battles to set Myanmar free from military rule.

So we're in the operating theatre.

It's running off solar power and generator.

It is quite hot in here.

Jazoo is on the table, still awake.

Jazoo has a long gash at the top of his leg.

They're trying to save his leg, which was injured as a result of him stepping on a landmine.