Rebel groups in crisis-hit Myanmar have reportedly taken control of the important trading town of Myawaddy on the border with Thailand. Early Thursday morning, a revolutionary alliance led by the armed wing of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) seized the last military garrison in the town, the KNLA said in a statement on Facebook. Local media and eyewitnesses confirmed the report. “The situation is not very clear at the moment, but the KNLA forces have captured the last military post of Myawaddy and the soldiers are fleeing the camp,” a member of the rebel alliance told dpa. It is diff…