The current war in Myanmar differs from past conflicts in the country because ethnic armies are no longer on the defensive, the spokesman for the most powerful ethnic army in...
The Ta'ang National Liberation Army says it has seized the large Mine Kyat base in Lashio Township amid junta airstrikes.
The Chin National Front says resistance forces have occupied two regime camps in Rihkawdar on the main road to India.
Aid groups in northern Shan State and Mandalay Region say civilians displaced by Operation 1027 are close to going hungry.
Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army spokesman Li Kyarwen has told The Irrawaddy that hundreds of junta troops have been killed since Friday.
Over 30 junta positions have been seized since Friday in Operation 1027, said the MNDAA’s spokesman.
Meeting with former Karen National Union chairman on Monday draws sharp criticism in resistance stronghold.
Junta using airstrikes and shelling in clashes with KIA, following massacre at IDP camp near Laiza Town on Monday night.
As the junta prepares to mark the peace agreement’s eighth anniversary, The Irrawaddy looks at which ethnic armies signed it—and which ones have quit since the coup.
The Karen National Union, Chin National Front and All Burma Students’ Democratic Front are snubbing the National Ceasefire Agreement anniversary event in Naypyitaw.
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