Full civilian rule restored in first large town seized by Myanmar Resistance: NUG

December 5, 2023

The first district-level town captured by Myanmar resistance forces began operating under a full-strength civilian administration on Sunday, according to the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), reports The Irrawaddy. Kawlin in Sagaing Region is under full civilian control, less than a month after the People’s Defense Force (PDF) and armed ethnic allies seized the Continue Reading

About 70 Myanmar junta troops killed in three days of resistance attacks

November 24, 2023

Around 70 Myanmar junta troops were killed in the last three days as People’s Defense Force groups (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country, reports The Irrawaddy. The Myanmar junta has been accused of using banned chemical weapons in its operations to retake bases from EAOs in northern […]Continue Reading

Hamas releases 24 hostages on first day of Gaza truce

November 24, 2023

Hamas fighters released 24 hostages on Friday during the first day of the war’s first truce, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, after guns fell silent across the Gaza Strip for the first time in seven weeks, Reuters reports. The hostages were transferred out of Gaza and handed over to Egyptian authorities […]Continue Reading

Myanmar convoy burns on China’s border as its envoy meets for talks

November 24, 2023

A convoy of trucks bringing goods into Myanmar from China has gone up in flames in what state media reported on Friday was an insurgent attack, compounding surging insecurity that has raised concern in neighbouring China, Reuters reports. The fire in the town of Muse came as China’s ambassador to Myanmar met top officials in […]Continue Reading

Over 280,000 Displaced in Expanding Myanmar Clashes: UN

November 23, 2023

more than 286,000 people in Myanmar have been displaced so far by recent fighting between the junta and ethnic groups, the UN said Wednesday, describing it as the biggest escalation since the 2021 coup, AFP reports. “Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that intense fighting between ethnic armed organizations and the Myanmar armed forces continues and […]Continue Reading

Israel, Hamas agree deal for release of Gaza hostages, truce

November 22, 2023

Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave, Reuters reports. Officials from Qatar, which has been mediating secret negotiations, as well as […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army continues to battle junta troops in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

November 22, 2023

Clashes between the Arakan Army (AA) and the junta’s military continued to break out on Wednesday in northern Rakhine State and in the southernmost tip of Chin State, according to residents and the AA, reports The Irrawaddy. Intense. clashes occurred in Chin State’s Paletwa Township as the AA continued attacks on two junta tactical deployment […]Continue Reading

PDF seizes hilltop base in Chin State, captures 12 Myanmar junta soldiers

November 22, 2023

Twelve junta soldiers, including a major, were captured by People’s Defense Force Zoland after it seized a hilltop base in Chin State’s Tedim Township on Tuesday, reports The Irrawaddy. PDF Zoland said its forces attacked the junta base on Kennedy Peak in the township at 4 am on Tuesday and seized it after two hours […]Continue Reading

Arakan Army says it rescued 100 civilian hostages from Myanmar junta forces in Rakhine

November 22, 2023

Ethnic Rakhine armed group the Arakan Army (AA) said it has rescued some 100 civilians held hostage by Myanmar military regime forces in Pauktaw town in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, reports The Irrawaddy. Regime warships and aircraft bombarded Pauktaw town on Nov. 16 after the AA seized the main police station there. Many civilians fled […]Continue Reading

Myanmar regime prepping 14,000 troops to defend Naypyitaw: Sources

November 22, 2023

Myanmar’s junta is preparing to move around 14,000 troops to Naypyitaw to defend its nerve center against a resistance offensive that is gaining ground across the country, according to sources in the administrative capital, reports The Irrawaddy. Residents, regime staff and military whistleblowers told The Irrawaddy that the junta is secretly recalling thousands of troops Continue Reading