Brotherhood Alliance member says it now has complete control of Kokang’s northernmost section after the junta’s Light Infantry Battalion 125 surrendered to it on Tuesday.

Resistance groups in Taze say they had almost seized the town when regime reinforcements and airstrikes led to a retreat.

Resistance groups say they have united to drive regime troops from another border station in the eastern state.

Resistance groups say they are still fighting to seize the Kayah State capital after weeks of street fighting.

Four villagers killed in two-day bombardment as civilian death toll rises to 30 following renewed fighting between regime troops and Arakan Army.  

Chin forces’ gains in the northwest should serve as a wakeup call for New Delhi and add momentum to US support for Myanmar’s anti-junta resistance.   

Mandalay People’s Defense Force and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army say they have killed around 15 regime troops in Madaya Township.

Parallel civilian government and ethnic armed groups guarantee security and dignity for regime personnel who return to the people’s embrace. 

The Spring Revolution and Operation 1027 have debunked once and for all the notion that the Myanmar military is the guarantor of the country’s integrity and security.

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army troops are opening roads and pathways through forests for people to flee Kokang’s capital as they prepare to fight for it.

KNDF deputy commander Marwi gives an overview of the offensive as revolutionary fighters advance on regime troops inside the state capital. 

The ‘security exercises’ come amid strained ties between Naypyitaw and Beijing over the regime’s handling of conflict with ethnic forces and scam compounds on the border.

The Brotherhood Alliance is continuing its onslaught against regime bases in northern Shan State and seizing more trade zones and routes to China.

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army say the regime is repeatedly dropping chemical bombs in northern Shan State.

Parallel civilian government says the revenue will help ongoing resistance offensive to kick junta out of power.  

The United Nations is arranging for small numbers of Rohingya to be resettled in western countries while violence in Rakhine State has blocked plans for repatriation.

Unable to reclaim its lost ground, and with fighting escalating on multiple fronts, the regime has been reduced to beefing up defenses in its fortress, Naypyitaw.

The National Unity Govt said it never met ‘any individual, including so-called representatives of the illegitimate military junta… at any place nor at any point in time.’

Jin San Jiao is latest northern Shan State trade hub in crosshairs of ethnic Brotherhood Alliance.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan State and Sagaing and Mandalay regions.

An offensive by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army captured the Kyin San Kyawt border gate on Sunday, local media said.

Drills follow surge of attacks on junta forces by ethnic armies in northern Myanmar and torching of convoy of trucks in a border town.

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 Rakhine State told the Irrawaddy in an exclusive interview on Friday.

Chinese embassy urges citizens to flee Laukkai Town as ethnic armies prepare to drive Myanmar junta troops from Kokang’s capital.

Indonesia on Friday said it had hosted «positive» talks with the main sides of the Myanmar conflict.

Also over the past seven days, Min Aung Hlaing failed to boost morale in battered army, while the junta tried to stir Shan fears, mobilized troops to defend Naypyitaw, and dissolved rival of its proxy USDP. 

The Ta'ang National Liberation Army says it has seized  the large Mine Kyat base in Lashio Township amid junta airstrikes.

The former capital is turning into a ghost town after sunset as workers race to the safety of their homes to avoid junta troops, residents and vendors say.

Regime’s decision to station troops at schools in Myanmar’s commercial capital and rumors of forced conscriptions puts city residents on edge.

The regime says anyone using unlicensed communication devices could be jailed for up to a year.

The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Shan and Rakhine states and Yangon, Sagaing and Magwe regions.

Junta forces have seized business owners and other civilians in multiple townships following renewed fighting with the Arakan Army.  

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says more than 2 million civilians have left their homes since the 2021 coup.

It was the second operation by the ethnic army in two days to free civilians, many of whom were used as human shields by junta troops in the town near Rakhine’s capital.

Several groups raided junta positions in Taze town but withdrew after three hours.