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Thursday, 15 August, 2024

Burma-Myanmar: Arakan Army (AA) captures town of Kyeintali in far south of Rakhine State

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The Arakan Army (AA) captured Kyeintali town in Gwa Township in southern Rakhine State in western Myanmar on Wednesday morning.

Kyeintali is just 67 km from Gwa, the southernmost town in Rakhine State bordering Ayeyarwady Region.

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Wednesday, 19 June, 2024

Burma-Myanmar: Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) captures military base after nearly three decades of military junta control

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KNLA-led joint forces attacked the base, where 50 troops were firmly deployed, for almost two months. Eventually, the base fell to KNLA, with every last Junta soldier killed, according to KNU’s Myeik-Dawei District Secretary Padoh Saw Eh Nar.

“We have captured the entire base and seized various weapons, including 120 mm artillery, though the exact list is not yet confirmed. About 50 junta troops were stationed there, and we have wiped them all out. After a two month- long offensive, we successfully captured the base”, he said.

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Tuesday, 30 April, 2024

Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independence Army (KIA) seizes military junta headquarters near Kachin State capital

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The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) says it seized Myanmar junta’s Infantry Battalion 141 headquarters controlling the Irrawaddy River route to the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, on Monday after months of attacks.

The KIA and allied Kachin People’s Defense Force occupied Sinbo on the west bank of the Irrawaddy in Myitkyina Township on February 10 after occupying a police station in the town.

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Wednesday, 17 April, 2024

India: 18 Naxalites maoist rebels killed in a clash with Indian security forces

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At least 18 Maoist insurgents were killed Tuesday after a clash with Indian security forces, police told AFP.

The guerrillas died in the remote eastern state of Chhattisgarh, which has seen a number of deadly assaults on Maoist forces this year.

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Wednesday, 10 April, 2024

Burma-Myanmar: Military junta loses a key base to rebel forces

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Myanmar’s rebel forces claimed to have seized a military base near a key town at the Thailand border, in the latest blow to the ruling military regime that has been losing ground to opposition groups for months.

The Karen National Union, Myanmar’s oldest rebel group, said its military wing took control of the army base last weekend in Thin Gan Nyi Naung, a short distance from Myawaddy, a strategic trading town at the Thai border.

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