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Mar- 2024 -21 MarchAsia Pacific
Myanmar Rebels Deploy Drone Fleet to Push Back Military
Myanmar rebels credit new armed drones with helping retake a large portion of Chin state from government forces in the last year.
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1 MarchAsia Pacific
Blast in Myanmar Market Kills, Wounds Civilians
A blast hit a busy market in Myanmar's Rakhine state, killing and wounding civilians, the country's junta and an ethnic rebel group said, blaming each other for the attack.
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Feb- 2024 -22 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Junta ‘Increasingly Desperate’: UN Expert
Myanmar's ruling military junta has "doubled down" on civilian attacks while showing signs of becoming "increasingly desperate," the UN special rapporteur on the country said.
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5 FebruaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Clashes Along Bangladesh Border: Official
Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier, medics treating patients, and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter.
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Jan- 2024 -25 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Myanmar Ethnic Minority Fighters Claim Control of Port Town
Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
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8 JanuaryAsia Pacific
Air Strike on Myanmar Village Kills 15: Media
At least 15 people, including children, have been killed in an air strike on a village in northwestern Myanmar, local media said.
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Dec- 2023 -20 DecemberAsia Pacific
More Clashes in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Myanmar's military has called in air strikes and naval bombardments against an ethnic minority armed group on an island hosting a planned billion-dollar China-backed deep sea port.
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11 DecemberAsia Pacific
China Says Peace Talks Held Over North Myanmar Conflict, ‘Positive Results’
China said peace talks had been held over the conflict in northern Myanmar and yielded "positive results," after weeks of fighting.
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Nov- 2023 -29 NovemberAsia Pacific
Myanmar Military Pounds Rakhine Town During Clashes
Myanmar's military is carrying out a sustained offensive involving fighter jets to regain control of a key town from an armed ethnic minority group.
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26 NovemberAsia Pacific
Myanmar Armed Group Seizes China-Myanmar Border Crossing
An ethnic minority armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country's ruling junta of a lucrative border crossing to China.
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