China’s government has reportedly brokered an agreement between the Myanmar military and an alliance of armed resistance groups that has made sweeping gains in eastern Myanmar since late last year. In a Chinese- and Kachin-language statement yesterday, the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA, or Northern Alliance) of resistance groups stated that following a round of China-brokered … Read more
Myanmar’s military junta has sentenced six brigadier generals to death and sentences of life imprisonment following their surrender to resistance forces in northern Shan State earlier this month, according to local media reports. Citing a “credible military source,” the Chindwin News Agency reported yesterday that the brigadier generals were sentenced by a military court in … Read more
Late yesterday, Myanmar social media was abuzz with reports that junta forces in the town of Laukkai had fallen to resistance forces, marking a potential watershed in the nationwide civil war. Khit Thit, an independent Myanmar news company reported that the Myanmar military’s regional operations command in Laukkai surrendered to the Myanmar National Defense Alliance … Read more
Yesterday, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement accusing a key armed rebel group in Myanmar of abducting and forcibly recruiting civilians fleeing fighting in northern Shan State. The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), which is currently engaged in an ongoing offensive against Myanmar’s military junta, “is violating the laws of … Read more
An armed resistance group in Myanmar has seized another key border crossing with China, tightening its grip on an important junta stronghold in northeastern Shan State. Local media outlets reported yesterday that forces from the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) captured the Yanlonkyaing border gate in the Kokang Self-Administered Zone (SAZ) early on Monday. … Read more
Despite a temporary ceasefire brokered by China, ethnic rebel forces have continued to make significant gains in northeastern Myanmar, reportedly capturing a significant town and a trade zone close on the Chinese border. Fighting has been raging since late October, when the Three Brotherhood Alliance – a group consisting of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance … Read more
Myanmar’s military has taken part in China-brokered peace talks with representatives of an alliance of ethnic minority armed groups that has made significant territorial gains since late October, the military and Chinese government confirmed yesterday. Fighting has been raging in Shan State since late October, when the Three Brotherhood Alliance – made up of the … Read more
Coming nearly three years after the military coup d’état of February 1, 2021, “Operation 1027” marks a defining moment in Myanmar’s revolution. This operation is not merely a military offensive; it is also a symbol of the enduring spirit and resourcefulness of Myanmar’s peoples and their People’s Defense Forces (PDFs), their burgeoning alliances with the … Read more
The military situation in Myanmar is changing rapidly. Since launching a resistance offensive known as Operation 1027 late last month, the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic resistance groups, supported by smaller People’s Defense Forces, has secured large swathes of territory across northern Shan State close to Myanmar’s border with China. Rebel forces have captured an estimated … Read more
It is notoriously difficult to track battlefield developments in Myanmar’s sprawling civil war. The conflict involves countless armed groups, broadly sorted into territory-holding ethnic armed organizations (EAOs), the militia-like People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) loyal to the deposed National Unity Government, and an array of pro-junta militias and Border Guard Forces. Each of these groups, including … Read more