The #PNLA is riding the momentum of a series of victories for anticoup fighters in northern #ShanState since the #ThreeBrotherhoodAlliance launched "#Operation1027" towards the end of last year. The resistance has taken hundreds of military outposts and dozens of towns in #Shan and #Rakhine States since the offensive began. #MyanmarCrisis

‘Fighting spirit’: How #Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2024/3/26/fighting-spirit-how-myanmars-armed-resistance-is-taking-new-ground

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‘Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground

Groups fighting against the ruling military are making gains despite air and drone attacks.

Al Jazeera
How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya?

A recent surge in violence by armed groups in Myanmar is causing upheaval and displacement among Rohingya once again.

Al Jazeera

Despite announcing the enforcement
of a law to conscript men aged 18-35
and women aged 18-27 into #MilitaryService, details regarding its
implementation remain unclear. The
prospect of mandatory service has
prompted a rush of individuals
seeking to leave the country. #Operation1027

#Myanmar generals sentenced to death as 2 die in passport queue
https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2744673

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Myanmar generals sentenced to death as 2 die in passport queue

Myanmar's junta has given death sentences to three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic Chinese border town to rebel fighters last month, military sources informed AFP on Monday, as two people were killed in a crush as hundreds queued for passports to leave the neighbouring country

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#YANGON - #Myanmar’s #junta is enforcing a law allowing the military to summon all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years, it said on Feb 10, as it struggles to crush opposition to its 2021 coup.#Operation1027

Myanmar junta enforces #MilitaryService law following battlefield losses
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-junta-enforces-military-service-law-following-battlefield-losses

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Myanmar junta enforces military service law following battlefield losses

Men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 will be summoned to serve for at least two years. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

More than 100 members of #Myanmar’s #BorderGuard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in #Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an official with Bangladesh's border agency said Monday. #Operation1027 #MyanmarCrisis

For the first time, Myanmar
forces flee into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic armed group
https://apnews.com/article/bangladesh-myanmar-arakan-army-rebel-border-5199be21644fe30dba5387ade83e922d

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For the first time, Myanmar forces flee into Bangladesh during fighting with an ethnic armed group

A Bangladesh official says more than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh during fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army. It is the first time that Myanmar forces have been known to flee into Bangladesh since an alliance of ethnic minority armies in Myanmar launched an offensive against the military government late last year. The Bangladesh official says the Myanmar forces entered over the last two days during fighting with the Arakan Army in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. The Arakan Army is the military wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority group.

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Since #Operation1027, more than 4,000 soldiers are estimated to have defected or surrendered, according to Dr Sasa, minister of international cooperation for #Myanmar’s national unity government

‘Why should I kill our own?’: #MyanmarJunta totters as battalions surrender
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/29/myanmar-military-junta-totters-as-battalions-surrender

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‘Why should I kill our own?’: Thousands of soldiers surrender as Myanmar junta shaken by rebel advances

Three years after the military seized power in a coup, defectors report dire morale as the regime suffers humiliating losses of men and arms, with even generals surrendering to the rebels

The Guardian

Last Tuesday, a noisy crowd of several hundred people stood in the small main square of #PyinOoLwin, a popular #Myanmar hill town, to hear a bespectacled monk make a startling suggestion.

#MinAungHlaing, the country's military ruler, should step aside, he said, and let his deputy General #SoeWin take over. #Operation1027

Myanmar's army is losing - and facing fire from a militant monk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68038513

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Myanmar's army is losing - and facing fire from a militant monk

A challenge from ultra-nationalist Buddhist monks is piling pressure on the loathed coup leader.

BBC News

The #junta has now lost control of more than 50% of the country, and in #ChinState, which borders #India, the CNA rebels say they have managed to capture back 70% of the province, including 5 key military bases.The secret to their recent victories, they say, is a new fleet of #drones and an army of drone-trained rebel soldiers. #Operation1027

‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: #Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/20/myanmar-rebels-junta-above-drones

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‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above

A rebel drone squadron drawn from engineering students and hobbyists, who gain battlefield training partly through YouTube tutorials, is proving decisive in the struggle against Myanmar’s brutal military government

The Guardian

Developments in #Paletwa - which lies close to #Myanmar's border with #India and #Bangladesh - will be closely watched by #Delhi. The town is part of an ongoing multi-million-dollar development project backed by India.

With the port of Paletwa on the Kaladan River under its control, the #ArakanArmy A now controls road and water transport to the Indian border. #Operation1027

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Myanmar rebel group claims control of India border town

The Arakan Army says it has taken control of Paletwa, in Chin State, a key trading post with India.

BBC News

⬆️ #China, which appears to be skillfully playing both warring sides in #Myanmar against each other, suddenly seems to have lost appetite in fanning the flames because it can ill-afford to take its eyes off #Taiwan right now

After the apparent success of #ThreeBrotherhoodAlliance in #Operation1027 against ruling military #junta ➡️ https://news.sky.com/story/rebels-take-key-myanmar-city-after-government-troops-lay-down-weapons-13042727 China brokered #ceaseFire between the two sides who said the ceaseFire was temporary & ONLY near China border

#SuuKyi

https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-china-ceasefire-guerrillas-b60aa673a2fc38cd04e7dd781e3625c5

Rebels take key Myanmar city after government troops lay down weapons

Sky