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Junta under pressure as fierce fighting breaks out in northeastern Myanmar

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New fighting has broken out in northeastern Myanmar, bringing an end to a Chinese-brokered ceasefire and putting pressure on the military regime as it faces attacks from resistance forces on multiple fronts in the country’s civil war. The Ta’ang National Liberation Army, one of three powerful militias that launched a surprise joint offensive last October,…

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UN expert warns of looming ‘genocidal violence’ in Myanmar

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This photo taken on May 21, 2024 shows people rebuilding temporary homes near a destroyed building following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group in a village in Minbya Township in Rakhine State. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run-up…

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Myanmar ethnic armed groups seize beach resort town; launch attacks on junta

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In this photo released by the Myanmar Army, a fire burns in the predominantly ethnic Rakhine village of Let Kar in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U township, western Myanmar. | Photo Credit: AP “Myanmar ethnic armed groups seized a popular beach resort town in the west of the country and launched dawn attacks on junta positions in…

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Myanmar junta orders evacuations around embattled State capital

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This photo shows a destroyed house and burned trees following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army (AA) ethnic minority armed group in the Rakhine State. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s junta has ordered thousands of people living outside a State capital threatened by ethnic rebels to leave their homes and head into the…

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Myanmar Rebels Claim Control Of Town, Deny Targeting Rohingya

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The junta has lost control of around half its 5,280 military positions, according to an estimate. (File) A powerful armed ethnic group in Myanmar said on Sunday it had won control over a town in the western state of Rakhine after weeks of fighting, denying accusations it had targeted members of the Muslim-minority Rohingya during…

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Myanmar ethnic armed group claims control of western town

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Members of Myanmar Border Guard Police, in civilian clothing, sit under the shade of trees after abandoning their posts following an alleged attack by members of the Arakan Army as Bangladesh border guards stand guard in Ghumdhum, Bandarban, Bangladesh, on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group on…

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