The Arakan Army (AA) says it seized the Myanmar junta outpost at Chin Let Wa in Paletwa Township, southern Chin State on Wednesday, reports The Irrawaddy. The announcement came a day after AA forces reportedly overran the nearby Kha Maung Wa outpost and vowed to eradicate Myanmar junta troops from Paletwa within this week. Clashes […]Continue Reading
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A joint offensive by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army and the Mandalay People’s Defense Force seized a strategic junta military outpost in Shan State’s Nawnghkio Township after a fierce overnight battle that ended early Wednesday morning, resistance groups said, The Irrawaddy reports. Nawnghkio is about an hour’s drive from the regime’s Defence Services Academy in […]Continue Reading
The number of children killed by junta forces in Myanmar since the February 2021 coup reached 578 on Wednesday, based on statistics compiled by the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and additional casualty reports from the past few days. The figure covers those killed who were under the age of 18, The Irrawaddy reports. Myanmar […]Continue Reading
Myanmar junta troops in the northern Shan State capital of Lashio are bombarding surrounding villages and communities daily after being surrounded by ethnic armies and allied resistance groups, The Irrawaddy reports. Junta forces have also destroyed bridges linking Lashio with other towns in the state. Military units based in Lashio town have been shelling nearby […]Continue Reading
A Nice court handed Atal a suspended sentence for reposting a video the 27-year-old said he did not fully watch before sharing, reports AL Jazeera. A French court has given Algerian football player Youcef Atal an eight-month suspended prison sentence for a post he shared on social media about the war in Gaza. The Nice […]Continue Reading
The Myanmar junta lost one more town and over two dozen troops in the past five days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) stepped up attacks on regime targets across the country, reports The Irrawaddy. Incidents were reported in Shan, Chin and Rakhine states and Mandalay and Sagaing regions. The […]Continue Reading
The Arakan Army (AA) has vowed to eradicate Myanmar junta troops from Paletwa within this week after capturing another outpost in the southern Chin State township, reports The Irrawaddy. AA forces overran the Kha Maung Wa outpost on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the Brotherhood Alliance of three powerful ethnic armies. “There are […]Continue Reading
A group of Rohingya refugees living in Sri Lanka staged a protest outside the office of the U.N. refugee agency Tuesday, saying they fear losing their living allowance once the agency’s office in the island nation closes at the end of this year, AP reports. The protesters also want to be resettled in another country […]Continue Reading
Two explosions caused by ‘terrorist attacks’ killed more than 100 people and wounded scores at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate top commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a US drone in 2020, Iranian officials said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Iranian state television reported a first and then a second blast during an anniversary […]Continue Reading
For about two years, says 24-year-old Yan, a former Myanmar police officer, he risked his life pretending to serve the military junta while secretly spying for the armed resistance. “I freed myself from unfair orders,” he told Reuters from a room in a town near the Myanmar border where he said he was taking refuge […]Continue Reading
