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The northern ruby-mining town of Mogok was captured by rebels last summer, but the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — the most powerful group driving that offensive — said it will now pull out. File. | Photo Credit: AP One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from…
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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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People rebuilding temporary homes near a destroyed building following fighting between Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army. | Photo Credit: AFP An alliance of Myanmar ethnic armed groups have accused the junta of repeatedly violating a China-brokered ceasefire in the north of the country this month and causing civilian casualties. Beijing brokered a truce between…
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This handout photo taken and released on October 27, 2023, by the Kokang Information Network shows Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army Major General Peng Deqi (centre right) commanding operations against Myanmar’s military near Lashio township in Myanmar’s northern Shan State. | Photo Credit: AFP An alliance of ethnic rebel groups in Myanmar launched coordinated attacks…
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