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May- 2024 -

6 May

Myanmar Ethnic Armed Group Says Captured Hundreds of Junta Personnel

A Myanmar ethnic armed group said it captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in western Rakhine state.

Apr- 2024 -

11 April

Asia Pacific

Myanmar soldiers seen marching in formation.

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Troops Withdraw From Border Town Following Clashes

Myanmar junta troops stationed in an embattled border town have withdrawn from their positions, a spokesman for a Myanmar ethnic armed group and a Thai official said.

10 April

Asia Pacific

Thai military personnel stand guard overlooking the Moei river on the Thai side of the shared border with Myanmar

Staff Writer With AFP

Thai Soldiers on Alert as Myanmar Border Clashes Enter Second Day

Thai soldiers were on alert in the town of Mae Sot, where across the border in Myanmar the junta and an ethnic armed group fought for a second day.

4 April

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Seven Drones Shot Down Over Myanmar Capital: Junta

Myanmar security services shot down seven drones over the military-built capital Naypyidaw, the junta said, in what appeared to be a rare attack on the junta's center of power by its opponents.

Mar- 2024 -

21 March

Asia Pacific

Inder Singh Bisht

Myanmar Rebels Deploy Drone Fleet to Push Back Military

Myanmar rebels credit new armed drones with helping retake a large portion of Chin state from government forces in the last year.

1 March

Asia Pacific

A soldier stands guard in Yangon, Myanmar

Staff Writer With AFP

Blast in Myanmar Market Kills, Wounds Civilians

A blast hit a busy market in Myanmar's Rakhine state, killing and wounding civilians, the country's junta and an ethnic rebel group said, blaming each other for the attack.

Feb- 2024 -

22 February

Asia Pacific

A blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament in Naypyitaw on Monday after the military detained the country's leaders.

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Junta ‘Increasingly Desperate’: UN Expert

Myanmar's ruling military junta has "doubled down" on civilian attacks while showing signs of becoming "increasingly desperate," the UN special rapporteur on the country said.

5 February

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Clashes Along Bangladesh Border: Official

Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier, medics treating patients, and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter.

Jan- 2024 -

25 January

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Claim Control of Port Town

Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.

8 January

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP