2025 seems set to continue last year’s sharp increase in the number of retaliatory air and artillery attacks on ...

Three ethnic insurgent armies in Shan State, supported by other armed groups opposing the government, have overrun dozens of military posts, and captured border crossings and the roads carrying ...

The political landscape has been impacted by the rebel group Arakan Army (AA), which has defeated the military junta and ...

The offensive in the northern part of Shan state was already seen as a significant challenge for the army, which has struggled to contain a nationwide uprising by the members of Peoples’ Defense ...

The intervention of the powerful fighting forces of the United Wa State Army and the Shan State Army-North highlights tensions among the various ethnic minority guerrilla groups who have been ...

In recent months, the junta's opponents have secured control of vast swathes of territory, particularly in northern Shan state and western Rakhine state in the west. What is the Arakan Army?

The military-installed president of Myanmar has warned the country is in danger of breaking apart if the government cannot control the fighting in Shan State. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres ...

In late October 2023, a coalition of three ethnic armed groups in Shan State launched a coordinated offensive against the ruling military junta, posing the strongest challenge to its rule since ...

when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army captured the northeastern command in Lashio in Shan state. Myanmar's borderlands are home to myriad ethnic armed groups who have battled the ...

The announcement by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army is a sign of China's growing efforts to shape the direction of the conflict in Shan State. Min Aung Hlaing's visit to Kunming ...

Rakhine, Kachin and southern Shan States on Saturday and Sunday, adding to a death toll of at least 26 in Rakhine State’s Ramree Township the previous week, according to local sources. At least 15 ...