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

Nearly 1,000 Rohingya arrive by boat in Indonesia in one week

November 21, 2023

Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days, officials said Monday, AP reports. They included five groups with women and children who were afloat for days. One batch of more than 240 people was twice denied landing by residents in Aceh Utara […]Continue Reading

Myanmar regime-backed rallies denounce China, accusing it of backing anti-junta alliance

November 20, 2023

Myanmar regime-backed nationalists staged their first protest against the Chinese government outside Yangon City Hall and the Chinese Embassy in Yangon on Sunday accusing China of backing an ethnic alliance that has been delivering heavy defeats against regime troops in northern Shan State, The Irrawaddy reports. Members of the Patriotic Monks Union (Yangon) and Myanmar Continue Reading

Myanmar junta loses bases, scores of troops in four days of resistance attacks

November 20, 2023

The Myanmar junta lost over 50 troops and more bases over the last four days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and ethnic armed organizations (EAOs) continued to attack regime targets across the country, The Irrawaddy reports. In one case, the junta has been accused of using globally banned chemical bombs to retake a base from […]Continue Reading

BGB chief visits Myanmar border

November 20, 2023

NEWS DESK The Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General AKM Nazmul Hasan visited the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Cox’s Bazar on Monday. In addition to inspecting routine operational, training, and administrative activities, the BGB chief inspected the Whykong Border Outpost under Teknaf Battalion (2 BGB), the Baishfari Border Outpost under Continue Reading

More than 500 Rohingya refugees land in Indonesia

November 19, 2023

More than 500 Rohingya refugees originally from Myanmar landed on the shores of Indonesia’s Aceh province on Sunday, the fourth wave of arrivals this week, a local UNHCR official said, Reuters reports. The refugees, who arrived at various parts of the province including Bireuen, Pidie and East Aceh, have overwhelmed local facilities, Munawaratul Makhya, a […]Continue Reading

Myanmar junta killed at least 150 civilians since Operation 1027 Launch

November 17, 2023

More than 150 civilians have been killed in Myanmar in junta shelling, airstrikes and massacres since Operation 1027 was launched on October 27 in northern Shan State, according to rights groups, reports The Irrawaddy. Reports by the media, human rights groups and the civilian National Unity Government (NUG) have recorded deaths in northern Shan, Kayah, […]Continue Reading