Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
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The Myanmar civil war (Burmese: မြန်မာ့ပြည်တွင်းစစ်),[o] also known as the Burmese civil war, is an ongoing civil war since 2021. It began following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies, which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup protests.[46][47] The exiled National Unity Government and major ethnic armed organisations repudiated the 2008 Constitution and called instead for a democratic federal state.[48] Besides engaging this alliance, the ruling government of the State Administration Council (SAC), also contends with other anti-SAC forces in areas under its control.[49] Hannah Beech of The New York Times observed the insurgents are apportioned into hundreds of armed groups scattered across the country.[50]
As of March 2023 the United Nations estimated that since the coup in February 2021, 17.6 million people in Myanmar required humanitarian assistance, while 1.6 million were internally displaced, and over 55,000 civilian buildings had been destroyed.[51] the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said that over 40,000 people had fled into neighboring countries, such as Bangladesh, India and Thailand.[52]
As of October 2023, Myanmar's military, the Tatmadaw, controlled under 40% of the country, although they maintained that they controlled around two-thirds of the country's 330 townships.[53][18][54] In the second half of 2023, Chinland Defense Forces in Chin State had captured a majority of the state, with a few holdouts in urban areas and along the India–Myanmar border remaining. In October 2023, the Tatmadaw began facing manpower issues, with desertions and low morale being extremely common. This coincided with a major offensive by the People's Defense Force and Three Brotherhood Alliance in the west of the country, which was successful in taking 80 bases, 220 SAC positions and several towns by 28 November 2023.[55]
October and November 2023 saw a series of concurrent anti-SAC offensives, including Operation 1111 besieging the state capital of Loikaw and renewed conflict by anti-SAC forces in northern Rakhine and Chin states.[56][57] In Operation 1027, anti-SAC forces seized Laukkai, the capital of Kokang Self-Administered Zone, in early January 2024.[21] Northern Shan State fighting stopped with the Haigeng ceasefire after the fall of Laukkai. The Rakhine offensive, however, continued in northern Rakhine state with Mrauk U, among others, falling to the Arakan Army in February 2024.[20] As of February 2024, thousands of the SAC's soldiers have surrendered without a fight, including six generals of the Tatmadaw.[58] The SAC used terror tactics against the population, including burnings, beheadings, mutilations, war rape, torching villages, and a massive aerial bombing campaign that has displaced nearly 3 million people.[59] The Myanmar Air Force has dropped more bombs per capita than have been dropped in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[50] A group of observers write that the SAC's forces remain "formidable and well-equipped", with "external allies and economic resources".[60][61]
In late March 2024 anti-SAC forces in southeastern Myanmar captured
Background
Internal conflict in Myanmar
In the aftermath of the 8888 Uprising the
The
2021 Myanmar coup d'état and protests

On the morning of 1 February 2021, the Tatmadaw successfully deposed the elected Myanmar government in a coup, forming a State Administration Council. Former president Win Myint & state chancellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and several other members of the National League for Democracy were detained during early morning of the 1st of the February and Min Aung Hlaing was placed as the Commander-in-Chief of Defense Services and de facto ruler of the nation.[74]
The established motives behind the coup are unclear. In the leadup to the coup, the Tatmadaw claimed that the 2020 general elections had 8.6 million voter irregularities, but presented no evidence. The coup may have been a way to re-establish the military's long-reigning power over the country which ended ten years prior.[75]
The bloody repression of anti-coup demonstrations led to the creation of armed groups to fight the
In the months following the coup, the opposition began to coalesce around the National Unity Government, which launched an offensive against the SAC. By 2022, the opposition controlled substantial, though sparsely populated, territory.[79][80][81] In many villages and towns, the SAC's attacks drove out tens of thousands of people. On the second anniversary of the coup, in February 2023, the chairman of the SAC, Min Aung Hlaing, admitted to losing stable control over "more than a third" of townships. Independent observers note the real number is likely far higher, with as few as 72 out of 330 townships remaining under the control of the Tatmadaw, the military forces aligned with the junta. However, the townships under the control of the SAC still included all major population centres.[17]
Prelude
Armed protesters
By late March 2021, dozens of protesters had travelled to Myanmar's border areas to enlist in and train under one of the country's many insurgent groups,
During late March, protesters increasingly began arming themselves with homemade weapons in an attempt to defend themselves against attacks by the military. Clashes with soldiers and IED attacks against administrative buildings and police stations became more common and protesters slowly became armed resistance.[86]
After about thirty years of dormancy, the
Renewed ethnic conflict
The unrest across the nation and the increased need for SAC troops in previously peaceful urban areas strengthened EAOs. The Kachin Independence Army had already been on the offensive since February and
SAC declared that it would cease all military operations on 29 March 2021 and hold bilateral negotiations with ethnic armed groups. However, the Kachin Independence Army continued its offensives stating that the Myanmar Army had not ceased operations.
On 26 April, the Battle of Mindat became one of the first large-scale conflicts arising from the 2021 coup. The Chinland Defense Force (CDF) began armed resistance in Mindat, Chin State and the SAC declared martial law.[96] After a soldier allegedly fired at protestors, fighting between the two sides erupted.[97] The battle lasted four days, killing 30 SAC soldiers and left Mindat abandoned as more than 10,000 people fled the area.[98]
Timeline
Onset of formal resistance and war (May 2021 – August 2021)
On 16 April 2021, pro-democracy politician Min Ko Naing announced the formation of the National Unity Government, with members of ethnic minority groups in senior roles. As part of the announcement he said that ousted leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint would retain their positions and asked the international community to recognize their government over the SAC.[99][100] Throughout April, informal clashes with protestors intensified, such as in Taze when protesters fought back against soldiers with hunting rifles and firebombs on 8 April.[101]
The National Unity Government then declared the formation of an armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF) – on 5 May 2021, a date that is often cited as the start of the civil war. The PDF was formed to protect its supporters from SAC attacks and as a first step towards a Federal Union Army.[102] The PDF clashed with the Tatmadaw in the town of Muse on 23 May, killing at least 13 members of Myanmar's security forces.[103]

In early June, fighting erupted in Myawaddy District where the military and Karen Border Guard Forces battled against a combined Karen and PDF force, leaving dozens of SAC troops killed.[104] Members of the Karenni PDF in Kayah State also captured and destroyed several Tatmadaw outposts near the state capital, Loikaw.[105] Towards the end of May, the Tatmadaw used artillery and helicopters to strike PDF positions in Loikaw and Demoso.[106] On 30 May, the KIA joined the PDF in a battle against SAC troops in Katha Township, killing eight SAC soldiers. Fighting also sprouted up in other Kachin State townships, including Putao, Hpakant and Momauk.[107]
While there were fewer conflict deaths between May and September, there were still many armed clashes and a spike in early June.[108] Two dozen local officials appointed by the military were assassinated throughout the month of June with hundreds of bombings at police stations, banks and government offices.[109] On 22 June, SAC forces using armoured vehicles raided a safehouse of the PDF in Mandalay, detaining several fighters.[110] Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in another raid in Tabayin.[111] These attacks occurred in Central Myanmar, also known as Anya, an area that had rarely seen armed violence in recent times.[112] On 2 July, troops assaulted several villages in Sagaing Region and reportedly killed 41 civilians. The Washington Post described Myanmar was sliding toward "bloody anarchy".[109]
Declaration of war
On 7 September 2021, the NUG declared a
On 18 September, the
By late September 2021, 8,000 residents of
In October, SAC-controlled media reported that at least 406 junta informants had been killed and 285 wounded since 1 February in targeted attacks by resistance forces.[123]
Initial conflict (September 2021 – August 2022)
2021–2022 dry season campaigns
According to analyst Matthew Arnold, the civil war's momentum passed critical threshold by the end of the 2022 dry season where the revolutionary sentiment had grown into a broader social and armed resistance that the SAC could no longer suppress.
South-eastern Myanmar

On 17 November 2021, dozens of SAC soldiers ambushed an outpost of the Moebye PDF in Pekon Township, Shan State, forcing outnumbered PDF soldiers to retreat.[126] At least four SAC soldiers were killed during a four-day clash in Hpruso Township with the KNDF and Karenni Army.[127]
On 14 December, around 200
On 24 December, more than 35 people were massacred when they were ambushed by SAC troops outside the village of Mo So in Kayah State.[130] Two staff members of the aid group Save the Children were among those killed.[131] The United Nations Security Council condemned the attack and called for a "thorough and transparent investigation" into the incident.[132][133]
Throughout February and March 2022, the SAC carried out repeated air strikes against civilian targets in villages in
Fighting broke out in parts of Loikaw on 14 April.[136] The number of refugees on the Thai border increased after increased combat in Kayin State.[137] On 15 April, SAC soldiers suffered at least 30 casualties after being pushed back by the KNLA at the battle for Lay Kay Kaw.[138]
Central Myanmar

The
Northern Myanmar
Throughout the 2021–2022 dry season, various groups in Northern Myanmar carried out ambushes against military outposts and convoys. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the PDF attacked convoys in Mohnyin[146] and Hpakant townships.[147] In October, they also partially shut down gold mining operations run by SAC allies.[148] After an ambush near Shwegu, the Tatmadaw responded with airstrikes and ground attacks against KIA bases in Hpakant and Mohnyin Townships.[149] In early February, the KIA assaulted several military bases in Kachin and Shan States, reportedly burning one in Hpakant Township down. The SAC responded by increasing airstrikes and send reinforcements to the area.[150]
The Chinland Defense Force (CDF) and the Chin National Army (CNA) raided and ambushed outposts and convoys in Matupi[151] and Mindat Townships.[152] In December, the Tatmadaw recaptured the town of Thantlang from the CDF in an offensive that destroyed over a quarter of the town's buildings.[153]
On 14 January 2022, units of the CNA moved into Senam village, south of
Yangon and other regions
During this time, there were several cases of
Fighting also occurred in other
2022 monsoon decrease in intensity

The intensity of fighting decreased during the monsoon season.[115] Resistance forces were advantaged by the rainfall as the SAC could not carry out air strikes as easily.[160] In June, resistance groups achieved control of 40–50% of the country. Arakan Army claimed to administer most of Rakhine State with an independent government. Chin National Front and CDF made plans to establish a new government. The KIA and the Wa State, a neutral de facto independent region of Myanmar, consolidated expanded territories.[161] However, the Myanmar Army retained tight control of almost every city in Myanmar and most of the country's natural resources, including important jade mines.[162] During this time, the PDF were also unable to move beyond rural guerilla tactics. Duwa Lashi La, acting president of the NUG, cited the lack of weaponry and international support as reasons for the prolonged conflict.[79]
On 31 May 2022, a
Massacres and executions
The military deployed its time-tested counterinsurgency methods in what has been called a "hammer approach" of bombing and burning villages and massacring civilians to flush out rebel groups. However, the approach was ineffective because they were unable to consolidate power or deter the resistance.[79]
Myanmar military forces executed at least 37 villagers in the Mon Taing Pin massacre in May 2022 after shelling the village of Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region with heavy artillery.[165] The SAC forces entered the local Buddhist monastery, conscripted young male villagers briefly before executing them and other captives by a stupa.[166]
On 23 July 2022, the
According to a special report from Radio Free Asia, SAC soldiers following a raid in Kachin state's Se Zin village in August 2022, set fire to more than 400 homes with at least 15 people killed on the spot, detained some 400 people in and around Se Zin, and about 100 of them have been killed (including extrajudicial massacre) by security forces between August 2022 and January 2023 while others died due to horrific prison conditions.[171]
On 16 September 2022, the Burmese military killed 11 children and wounded another 17 in the Let Yet Kone massacre, as part of an airborne strike conducted against a school in Let Yet Kone, Sagaing Region.[172] The military claimed that the village was harbouring resistance fighters from the KIA and PDF.[173] The attack was widely condemned by the international community, including the United Nations and European Union.[174][175]
Later in September 2022, retired Brigadier General Ohn Thwin, mentor to State Administration Council vice-chairman Senior General Soe Win, was assassinated by anti-SAC guerilla groups in Yangon. This assassination caused an increase in security on high-ranking SAC personnel.[176]
Breakdown of Arakan ceasefire, monsoon 2022
In early 2022, the Arakan Army and the junta clashed again in northern Rakhine State. On 8 February, Arakan Army and junta forces clashed on at least two occasions in Maungdaw in Rakhine State. Fighting broke out on 4 February when junta troops carried out a sneak attack on an AA outpost near the Letpan Mountains northeast of Mee Taik Village, killing an AA sentry, according to AA spokesman Khaing Thukha. Three hours of clashes were also reported on 6 February. The clashes raised fears of a breakdown of the informal ceasefire between the AA and the military which had been in place since November 2020.[177] Further clashes in northern Maungdaw on the night of 7 February killed two civilians.[178] Several junta troops, including a major, were also killed in the attack.[179]

Between June and August 2022, the informal ceasefire reached in late 2020 between the
On 16 August 2022, two mortar shells fired by the Myanmar Army landed in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, killing one man and injuring five others. Myanmar Army helicopters allegedly entered Bangladeshi air space to attack the Arakan Army and fired a shell within Bangladeshi air space. Two days later, Bangladesh summoned Myanmar ambassador Aung Kyaw Moe to strongly protest the land and airspace violations.[183][184] In October 2022, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen made a statement that border bombings by Myanmar stopped after he met with the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Li Jiming.[185]
Escalation of the civil war (September 2022 – November 2022)
Increased resistance efforts
In mid-October 2022, NUG issued a statement calling for the victory of the Spring Revolution by the end of 2023. This call to action was followed by increased fighting by the resistance forces in urban areas and in Southeastern Myanmar.[186] This development took place in the wake of the junta torching at least 20 villages in the Sagaing and Magway Regions as part of a "four cuts" strategy of attacking civilians to weaken anti-regime movements. According to Sagaing-based resistance spokespeople, many victims of arson then joined the resistance.[187] The urgency of the resistance was likely prompted by the looming elections planned by the State Administration Council.[186] The fragmentated nature of the grassroots elements of the PDF became more organized in 2022 through the command of the NUG and from cooperation with various EAOs- especially the Kachin Independence Army (KIA).[18]
The
Highland attacks

The Karen National Liberation Army stepped up fighting, besieging the major town of Kawkareik on the Thai border in the 21 October 2022 Battle of Kawkareik.[186] The battle began with surprise attacks on the Asia Highway and at government offices within the town. Resistance forces looked poised to take the town, but ultimately withdrew two days later after facing junta air strikes and strategically drawing junta troops away from nearby positions.[189][190] Four days later, undeterred KNLA-led forces seized a junta Light Infantry Battalion base in Kyain Seikgyi Township.[191]
In Shan State, clashes between PDF forces near Inle Lake and the Pa-O National Organisation (PNO) broke out after the PNO coerced villages for speedboats and militia recruits.[192]

In late 2022, Chin State resistance forces used drones in a week-long siege of an outpost in Falam Township, killing 74% of the junta forces stationed, but failing to take the outpost against aerial bombardments.[193] In February 2023, CNA captured Thantlang police station and took control of the town.[194] In Kachin State, the Shanni Nationalities Army (SNA) became more actively allied with the junta as conflict between SNA and the KIA grew. In August, the SNA and the Myanmar Army set fire to hundreds of homes in Kachin state forcing KIA withdrawal from the area.[195]
Chin forces also targeted convoys on roads within the state. In March 2023, combined Chin resistance consisting of
Lowland attacks
In November 2022, resistance in Bago Region increased. In Monyo Township, western Bago Region, the PDF attacked a police building using cluster bombs.[200] In eastern Bago, 15 junta soldiers were killed in a Bago PDF raid on a police station in Yedashe Township.[201] Thousands of civilians also fled Shwegyin Township as joint KNLA and NUG-led resistance forces seized three military outposts.[202]

In early December, a video of PDF forces beating and shooting a woman dead emerged on social media. The NUG Ministry of Defence said that the incident happened in June in Tamu, Sagaing and that they were investigating the incident after detaining the perpetrators involved.[203]
In early January 2023, PDF groups in Kani Township, Sagaing Region attacked junta supply ships, killing at least 25 soldiers. The junta increasingly used waterways for supplies, avoiding roadways in resistance-held areas.[204] In April 2023, a combined PDF force from nearby townships seized the Tower Taing hill base Kani Township, killing 30 junta soldiers and seizing weapons.[205][206]
In early 2023, the Mandalay PDF announced their intentions to ramp up military operations.[207] Alongside the TNLA, they engaged in a series of intense clashes with the junta forces in Nawnghkio Township near the Shan-Mandalay border, killing at least 75 junta soldiers and wounding 60 others.[208] A combined force of at least 900 junta and pro-junta militia troops attacked resistance positions with the help of artillery attacks and airstrikes during the clashes but were forced to retreat.[209]
Urban attacks
In 2023, the number of attacks in urban areas increased. In March 2023, the
Junta retaliation and atrocities
In October 2022, battles and skirmishes increased, as the junta committed several civilian atrocities. On 21 October, junta forces decapitated Saw Tun Moe, a high school teacher from Thit Nyi Naung, and impaled his head on a NUG-administered school's spiked gate after burning and looting Taung Myint village in Magway Region.[211]

Two days later, on 23 October, over 80 people were killed by an airstrike in Hpakant Township, Northern Myanmar, during an anniversary celebration for the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO). At least 80 civilians were killed, making it the single deadliest attack on civilians since the start of the renewed civil war.[212] The junta denied civilian casualties while the United Nations condemned the attack.[213]
In November 2022, the junta continued burning villages in Sagaing Region, including the home village of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, the head of the Catholic Church in Myanmar.[214] Junta soldiers also hid in civilian trucks impersonating workers to ambush local defence forces in Shwebo Township.[215]
On 2 February 2023, Min Aung Hlaing imposed martial law in 37 townships with resistance activity, affecting millions of residents.[216]
Scorched earth tactics
In November 2022, the dry season allowed the greater use of the Myanmar Air Force to weaken resistance forces' ability to maintain strategic positions and outposts. Aerial bombardment, helicopter raids and artillery strikes typically followed skirmishes once junta ground forces sustained substantial losses and retreated. Once the entrapped forces were relieved by aerial support, they would engage in scorched earth tactics. World War Two veterans described the destruction as worse than that of the Burma campaign of World War II due to the deliberate targeting of civilian villages.[217] The heavy use of air forces came alongside a decrease in junta's ability to fight on the ground. During the week of 21 November, repeated junta air attacks along the Sagaing-Kachin border killed 80 and disrupted supply chains between the two resistance regions.[218] The junta's scorched earth campaign stretched across northern Myanmar, burning bases and villages they could no longer defend.[219] Thousands of residents fled during the campaign as hundreds of homes were destroyed.[220] In early 2023, one scorched earth push by the junta aimed to resecure the Letpadaung Copper Mine in Salingyi Township for Chinese foreign workers planning to leave for their holidays.[221]
On 23 February 2023, army troops launched a new military offensive in Sagaing, raiding and pillaging villages at the confluence of the Irrawaddy and Mu Rivers. During the offensive, troops from the 99th Light Infantry Division executed at least 17 villagers during the Tar Taing massacre.[222]
Temporary stalemate (November 2022 – September 2023)
November 2022 Arakan ceasefire

On 26 November 2022, the Arakan Army and the junta agreed to a temporary ceasefire starting on 27 November. The ceasefire was brokered by Yōhei Sasakawa of the Nippon Foundation. Arakan Army spokespeople maintained that they agreed to the ceasefire for humanitarian reasons, as opposed to international pressure. The Arakan Army did not withdraw from fortifications held at the time of the ceasefire.[223] Junta spokespeople said that this was the first step towards a permanent ceasefire with the Arakan Army.[224] As of mid-December, tensions remained high with forces from both sides remaining in deployment within northern Rakhine State.[225]
Subsequent new fronts
On 30 November, the military launched a major assault on the Kokang Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army using heavy weapons on a base near Chinshwehaw by the Chinese border. This assault continued into 2 December, reportedly sending 500 junta soldiers.[226]
The military continued its campaign in northern Shan State against the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). On 7 December 2022, the junta launched a ground offensive on the TNLA in the Battle of Namhsan using aerial bombs.[227] After six days of fighting, the TNLA captured four villages from junta control, killing 70 soldiers and capturing 28. On 17 December, the junta retreated, claiming that they reached an agreement with TNLA, and that they intended to target the PDF forces and attacked the TNLA in mistake. The TNLA rejected the statement.[228] Continued clashes in late December forced over a thousand civilians to flee to Mogok.[229]
2023 guerrilla attacks

According to analysts in early 2023, the civil war was in a state of stalemate. Despite several successful engagements, there was still a significant disparity in power between the joint resistance forces and the junta. The PDF and EAOs faced resource constraints as they primarily relied on donations for funding and underground channels to acquire arms.[18] The resistance also increasingly used coordinated drone attacks, such as on 27 August 2023, when 11 resistance groups jointly conducted drone strikes in Sagaing Township, killing 17 soldiers.[230]
In early April, the
In early June 2023, NUG announced the formation of the PDF's first battalion in Yangon Region – Battalion 5101.[233] On 19 June 2023, the Urban Owls guerilla group assassinated Ye Khaing, the operations director and head of security of Yangon International Airport, and a former air force major, outside his house at Mingaladon Township, Yangon. Ye Khaing was allegedly providing information to the junta and detaining anti-junta activists at Myanmar's primary international airport.[234] Urban Owls also claimed that Ye Khaing was a confidante of Steven Law, the owner of Asia World Company, which operates the airport, and is a major supporter of the regime together with the second-in-command, Senior General Soe Win.[235]
In late June 2023, a combined resistance force of PDF and KNLA took control of the
On 10 August 2023, junta forces clashed with a coalition of several rebel groups at
On 31 August and 9 September, the Zomi Revolutionary Army (ZRA) raided 2 Chinland Defense Force (CDF) outposts in Tonzang Township, killing 2 CDF soldiers. These attacks were not the first between the ZRA and Chin resistance, which have been clashing since 2021, and came despite the ZRA issuing a public statement of support for anti-junta resistance in 2021.[12]
2023 monsoon offensives
In August 2023, the NUG claimed that 3,012 junta troops were killed between January and July 2023.[243] In Kayah state alone, 667 military junta troops and 99 resistance members were killed.[243] In a September interview, Duwa Lashi La claimed that resistance forces had taken effective control of about 60% of Myanmar's territory.[244]
In early June 2023, a coalition force of KNLA and other resistance forces ambushed junta forces at Don Tha Mi bridge checkpoints on the border of Karen and Mon States, inflicting heavy casualties.[245] The next day, resistance groups raided the police station and junta offices in Kyain Seikgyi Township, Karen State, killing 10 junta soldiers and injuring 15. The junta retaliated with artillery fire and deployed attack helicopters, killing two local civilians and a monk.[245]
In
From July to September 2023, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army and the Mandalay People's Defence Force jointly conducted Operation Kanaung against junta forces in the Mandalay Region. Over that period, 76 junta soldiers were killed, 19 were wounded, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized.[250][251]
Operation 1027 and concurrent offensives (October 2023 – January 2024)
Operation 1027 (Phase 1)


On 27 October 2023, the Three Brotherhood Alliance initiated an offensive they called Operation 1027, targeting the junta's checkpoints and bases near Lashio and the Phaung Seik border trade post near Chinshwehaw.[252] Chinshwehaw fell into ethnic armies' hands. Lashio Airport and two important China-Myanmar border crossings near Laukkai were closed.[253][254] Over the next three days, the coalition forces captured 57 bases to which the junta responded with aerial bombardments.[255] Simultaneously, the AA engaged junta forces in Htigyaing Township, Sagaing Region.[256]
On 30 October,

On 6 November, TNLA forces seized bridges and road gates near
On 17 November, the TNLA captured the Sakhan Thit Kone base in Namhkam Township, but lost it to a junta offensive the following day. The TNLA accused the junta of using chemical weapon bombs during the counter-siege.[270] Through December, the TNLA seized Namhsan and Mantong taking over the Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone from junta control.[23][271]
On 29 November, the
In early December, the Tatmadaw allegedly reached out to China for it to assert pressure on the Three Brotherhood Alliance to stop Operation 1027.[273] On 11 December, China helped to hold peace talks between the Tatmadaw and various rebel groups, including the Brotherhood Alliance.[274] The Brotherhood Alliance announced later on 13 December that these peace talks "lasted only 10 minutes" and vowed to continue fighting.[275]
In late January 2024, BBC News said that the "bloody two-year stalemate" of the civil war appears to "have been broken" with the success of the offense of the three ethnic armies in the Operation 1027 offense.[58]
Arakan Army offensive

On the morning of 13 November 2023, as part of
On 14 November, the Arakan Army launched an offensive in Paletwa Township in neighbouring Chin State. The Arakan Army accused the Tatmadaw of using chemical weapons during the ensuing battles.[278]
The following night, the Arakan Army launched an attack on
On 6 December, the Arakan Army would capture a major military base in the township.[281]
Battle of Laukkai

In late November and December, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) closed in on Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. They seized several strategic positions from junta forces during the ensuing Battle of Laukkai.[282] MNDAA forces attacked junta bases around the city in early December.[283] On 26 December, ninety junta soldiers surrendered to the MNDAA.[284] and, two days later, the artillery shelling of Laukkai would stop as the city mostly fell under MNDAA control.[285] On 5 January 2024, the MNDAA seized control of the junta battalion headquarters in Laukkai and gained full control of the city.[21]
A few days later, the Three Brotherhood Alliance claimed it had captured the towns of Kutkai and Theinni on 8 January after seizing junta military posts in the towns, including the headquarters of the 16th Military Operations Command in Theinni.[286] On 23 January, the Tatmadaw sentenced three of the brigadier generals who surrendered at Laukkai to death and the other three to life imprisonment, under military law.[287]
In the wake of these gains and the fall of Laukkai, on 12 January, China announced that it had negotiated another ceasefire between the junta and the 3BA, known as the "Haigeng Agreement".[288] The two sides agreed to disengage personnel and to not compromise the safety of Chinese border residents.[289] However, the following day, the TNLA reported that the junta had broken their agreement with airstrikes in Lashio Township and Kyaukme Township.[290]
Tatmadaw defensive response

Ronan Lee, a professor at Loughborough University, stated that the recent strategic reversals, nationwide territorial losses and economic decline meant momentum had strongly shifted away from Myanmar's junta, and the junta "may now be in a death spiral".[292]
Concurrent operations
Operation 1027 was supported by several concurrent operations by other anti-junta groups elsewhere in the country, including in the eastern regions Shan State and Kayah State. In northern Shan State, the KNLA and PDF clashed with the Tatmadaw around the town of Kawkareik in late October 2023.[293] In Mese Township (part of Kayah State), the KNPLF, KA and KNDF launched a joint military operation called Operation 1107 that captured several border posts starting on November 7.[294][295] Four days later, they launched the major Operation 1111 against Loikaw, the capital of Kayah State.[296] The military operations in Kayah displaced tens of thousands of civilians, especially from Loikaw.[297] After over a month of heavy fighting, rebel forces had won control of 85% of the capital.[298] Nonetheless, fighting has continued into January.[299] By late January, however, the offensive on Loikaw had mostly stalled.[300]
Other anti-junta forces launched Operation Taungthaman in Madaya Township, Mandalay Region. On 13 November, fighting erupted in Kinn Village, eastern Madaya Township between the TNLA and the junta, who responded with air and artillery strikes and later burning the village down.[301] By 28 November, PDF and TNLA forces captured a junta base in the township.[302] The TNLA additionally supported the operations with attacks in Nawnghkio and Kyaukme Townships in southern Shan State to cut off junta reinforcements.[303]
Chin offensive

On the morning of 13 November 2023, after two days of fighting, the Chin National Army (CNA) and local Chinland Defense Force (CDF) units, captured the town of Rikhawdar on the India–Myanmar border.[304] This marked the first town captured by resistance forces in Chin State since the coup. At least 40 junta soldiers and police officers fled to the Indian state of Mizoram, where they surrendered and were eventually repatriated.[305] The Chin National Defence Force (CNDF), took a junta camp on the Mizoram border two days later.[306] The following week on 21 November, local Zoland PDF units seized a military base on Kennedy Peak, the second highest mountain in Chin State.[307] Over the next week, CNA and its allies captured Lailenpi[308] and Rezua in Matupi Township.[309]
On 6 December 2023, the Chin National Front ratified the Chinland Constitution, proclaiming the state of Chinland.[310]
On 17 January 2024, the Taingen camp on the
New conflict landscape (January 2024–May 2024)
Following the fall of Laukkai and the junta facing serious threats by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, the war has turned into a more multipolar landscape with borderlands being seized by powerful anti-junta groups with significant implications for the foreign relations of Myanmar. Groups not a part of the alliance took advantage of the situation, but remained constrained by both tense relations and limited coordination.[313]
Rakhine offensive intensifies

On 8 January 2024, the Arakan Army continued their offensive and captured the Taung Shey Taung base and its 200 junta soldiers in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State. On 15 January, the Arakan Army seized Paletwa, a strategic town for Indo-Myanmar infrastructure projects, and the entire township in Chin State.[314][315] A week later, the Arakan Army captured the town of Pauktaw in Rakhine State concluding a three-month battle.[316]
On 3 February 2024, as the clashes between Arakan Army and Tatmadaw increased in Rakhine, mortar shells and several bullets reportedly landed in Bangladesh territory, which injured some local residents near Ukhia, Cox's Bazar.[317] At least 229 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel entered Bangladesh seeking refuge from AA, where the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) disarmed them.[318]
Between 4 February and 6 February, the Arakan Army launched attacks on Rakhine BGP outposts in Maungdaw Township, later alleging without providing evidence that the
Fall of Mrauk U

The Arakan Army captured most of the remaining Tatmadaw bases in Minbya Township by 6 February.[321] The Arakan Army captured Kyauktaw the next day and continued fighting in Mrauk U and Ramree.[322] The Tatmadaw abandoned Myebon to reinforce Kyaukphyu on 9 February, leaving ammunition behind in their rush and abandoning the southern township of Mrauk-U District.[323]
On 10 February, AA took the district capital town of Mrauk U completing their control over the township. During the battle, three Myanmar Navy landing craft were reportedly sunk.[20]
Over the next week, the Arakan Army consolidated control over the district capturing Myebon on 15 February[324] and capturing the remainder of Minbya Township on 28 February.[325]
New Shan State combatants

Early 2024 also saw a new theatre re-emerge in southern
Between 21 January and 24 February, junta shelling killed 40 civilians in the
Between 26 and 27 March the MNDAA and the
The United Nations voiced deep concern over renewed fighting in eastern Myanmar and allegations that the Myanmar armed forces employed heavy weapons against civilians, as well as abducted and forcibly recruited children in its ranks. Its Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide and the Special Adviser on Responsibility to Protect also highlighted the responsibility of the military to protect all people.[336]
Junta counteroffensive in Anyar

Tatmadaw forces recaptured the district capital of
While the junta launched its counteroffensives, allied resistance launched an offensive to capture Kani, capturing around 80% of the town by 7 March.[342] After almost 10 days of fighting, by 15 March, rebels were forced retreat after overwhelming junta resistance.[343]
On 4 April 2024, the PDF launched an unprecedented drone attack against Aye Lar airbase, the main Tatmadaw headquarters, and Min Aung Hlaing's residence in the capital, Naypyidaw. Almost 30 drones were deployed; junta forces claimed 7 were shot down[344] while Myawaddy TV said 13 fixed-wing drones were shot down and there were no casualties or damage to property. NUG claimed the attack was "a success".[345] On 12 April, local People's Defense Forces claimed that they killed over a dozen junta soldiers in another attack on Aye Lar Airbase.[346]
On 19 April junta forces launched a counteroffensive to retake Shwe Pyi Aye, Homalin Township, after it was captured in November 2023.[347]
Junta control of Karen weakens
After Operation 1027 and the
Tensions also rose between the junta and the Karen State
Kachin conflict escalates
While the
The KIA also intensified attacks in Hpakant Township,[360] capturing a camp southwest of Hpakant on 20 January and[361] threatening the Myitkyina-Hpakant road with the capture of Namtein outpost on 2 February.[362] There were also attacks in Mansi Township, including the capture of the Si Kham Gyi base, which had continually been held by the junta for 30 years.[359]
"Operation 0307"
On 7 March the KIA simultaneously launched attacks on over ten junta outposts in eastern Kachin. Fighting primarily took place along the highway between
In April, the KIA had captured the key Chinese border trade hub of Lweje,[368] cut off a major road to Hpakant,[369] and captured Sezin.[370] and Hsinbo. Within Hsinbo, they cut off the Bhamo-Myitkyina road and encircled Bhamo.[371] The KIA then launched simultaneous offensives throughout Waingmaw Township and around Sumprabum, capturing several junta bases, camps and command centers.[372] By 8 May, they had captured 11 battalion headquarters throughout the state[373] and captured Sumprabum Township.[374]
Through the rest of May, the KIA captured Momauk after junta soldiers retreated,[375] attacked a bridge at the entrance of the state capital Myitkyina.[376] and made gains in Mansi[377] and Tanai[378] The KIA took an additional dozen junta bases in Waingmaw Township starting in 20 May, securing their positions.[379]
Continued Rakhine offensive

At the same time, the Rakhine offensive continued through March. On 5 March, the Arakan Army captured Ponnagyun and threatening the regional capital Sittwe, only 33 kilometres away.[380] On 17 March, continued Arakan Army assaults took Rathedaung and its township, cutting off Sittwe from the rest of Rakhine by land.[381]
On 12 March, after an 85-day battle, the Arakan Army captured the town of Ramree. The capture of Ramree brought nearly all of Ramree Island under the Arakan Army's control except for the port city of Kyaukphyu.[382]
On 24 March, the Arakan Army began an offensive in central Rakhine concurrently with their offensive on Sittwe, launching attacks on Ann, the headquarters of the junta's Western Command. North of Ann, the Arakan Army launched attacks on neighbouring Ngape Township in Magway Region. Ann's location is strategically important as the link between Rakhine and Magway via the Minbu-Ann road through the Arakan Mountains and as a gateway preventing AA from attacking southern Rakhine State.[383] Through April, the Arakan Army captured a portion of the Ann-Minbu Highway, cutting off Ann from neighboring Padein,[384] and captured bases in the hilltops of Ann township.[385]
Northern Rakhine offensives saw little territory change until 3 May when the Arakan Army captured the headquarters of the
On 29 May, junta and allied
From late May to early June, the Arakan Army launched attacks on the remainder of Maungdaw Township. On 16 June, the AA urged the residents of Maungdaw to evacuate the town, claiming that all junta bases in the township had either been captured or encircled, and that they would attack the town.[391] In response, the Bangladesh Navy deployed warships to the disputed St. Martin's Island, which had been shot at several times by junta forces.[392] On 4 July, the AA entered Maungdaw, attacking the last junta holdout in the town.[393]
Capture of Papun and Myawaddy



On 20 March, the Karen National Liberation Army and its PDF allies began to besiege the town of Papun, the capital of Hpapun District, Karen State. Eight days later, the town was captured, with fighting moving to the hills outside the town.[22]
After a prolonged siege and several days of negotiations, on 5 April over 600 junta soldiers and their families in Myawaddy surrendered to the KNU and withdrew across the border to Mae Sot,[394] leaving only the 275th Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) near the western entrance to defend the town. By 10 April, KNLA and PDF troops captured the LIB base with the 200 LIB soldiers withdrawing to the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge on the border. This prompted Thailand to deploy the 3rd Army along the border.[395] The junta sent reinforcements to retake the town, but they were stalled in Kyondoe.[396] On 12 April, Thai officials and the KNU confirmed the capture of Myawaddy.[397] The junta retaliated with airstrikes although locals reported no KNLA presence in the streets.[398]
Despite the KNLA's major role in the battle, they ceded control of the town to the Karen National Army (KNA) to ensure security[399] and reportedly due to the KNA's role in negotiations for the initial surrender.[400]
On 19 April the KNLA attacked the remaining LIB 275th soldiers who were still holding out under the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge. The junta responded with airstrikes, killing several civilians and forcing the KNLA to delay further attacks.[401][402]
Continued battle for Myawaddy
After Myawaddy's capture the junta launched Operation Aung Zeya, a counteroffensive to retake the town led by Light Infantry Division (LID) 55, numbering around 1,000 and reportedly led by the junta's second-in-command Soe Win. On 16 April, the LID 55 began attempting to cross the Dawna Range[403] but was continually intercepted by the KNLA and allies, being forced to retreat and reportedly experiencing heavy losses.[404]
Early in the counteroffensive KNLA forces withdrew from most of Kawkareik.[405] On 21 April, a junta convoy was routed in Kawkareik Township,[406] but junta forces successfully recaptured Kawkareik the next day despite losing vehicles to the KNLA.[407]
On 23 April, the KNA helped the LIB 275th soldiers sheltering under the 2nd Friendship Bridge to retake their base west of Myawaddy.
The stalled LID 55 advancement moving through the Dawna Range reached the Taw Naw waterfall by 29 April.[410] However, the counteroffensive was stalled again, without any major gains the following month. Residents reported that the KNA had helped "hundreds" of junta soldiers to reach Myawaddy through forested paths.[411]
Mon and Karenni resistance

Karenni resistance continued with Operation 1111 aiming to capture Kayah State and its capital Loikaw. On 12 January, joint Karenni forces captured Pekon in neighboring Shan State.[299] On 29 January, the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) captured the town of Mawchi.[412] On 14 February, combined forces of the Karenni Army (KA) and KNDF captured the town of Shadaw after almost a month-long battle, marking the second township to be completely captured in the state.[413] Karenni forces captured Hpasawng and most of Hpasawng Township on 14 March.[414] In a joint statement on 23 March, the KNDF and allies announced that they were in control of nearly 90% of Kayah State, having captured 65 junta positions throughout the state, and six out of nine towns in Kayah[p] (excluding Moebye in Southern Shan State).[62]

On 20 January 2024, local resistance forces in Ye Township, Mon State intensified attacks, announcing their intent to capture Ye.[415] On 14 February, the New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship) (MNLA-AMD) split from the Mon National Liberation Army (a signatory of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement) and effectively declared war on the junta.[416] Around 22 March, Mon State resistance groups began vehicle inspections near Kaleinaung, prompting the junta close roads.[417] On 25 March, the MNLA-AMD and allies, captured the Kawt Bein Police Station in Kawkareik Township, Karen State.[418] In response, junta forces shelled the Kawt Bein area[419] and eventually recaptured the area after a battle on 25 April.[420]
On 8 April, Mon PDF forces launched drone attacks on the Southeastern Command headquarters in Mawlamyine while junta deputy commander-in-chief Soe Win was present. Whether Soe Win was affected remains unknown.[421]
On 29 May, junta forces launched an offensive to resecure Loikaw from Karenni resistance – which had controlled around 80% of the city since November 2023. Junta colums advanced on Loikaw,[422] reaching Kayan Tha Yar village 10 kilometres north of Loikaw the next day[423] and then the Loikaw-Mobye-Hsi Hseng intersection by 3 June before stalling.[331] On 25 June, Karenni resistance captured Maesalawng Hill, near Bawlakhe, after a six day offensive.[424]
Junta counteroffensives in Southern Myanmar
From 8 May to 20 May, junta forces also conducted an offensive throughout
Operation 1027 and Rebel Advances Renewed (June 2024-August 2024)

In June 2024, the Three Brotherhood Alliance's Haigeng ceasefire with the junta broke down seeing junta battalions destroyed and multiple towns in Shan state and beyond fall to the resistance, culiminating the capture of the Northern Shan State capital and headquarders of the Northeast Command, Lashio, in August 2024.[429] Outside Shan State, the Myanmar military faced significant losses in Rakhine State where the Arakan Army gained almost full control by August 2024. In Mandalay, the Brotherhood Alliance and other armed groups escalated attacks, getting close to Mandalay. Despite these setbacks, the military continued efforts to reassert control, including forming new militias and intensifying conscription across the country.[430] Although 1027 began in Shan State, widespread escalation dramatically shifted the balance of power, leading to EAOs in other areas making dominant gains and crippling the military junta with personnel attritions and historic levels of defections.[431]
Operation 1027 (Phase 2)
While it took until June for the Haigeng ceasefire to fully breakdown, tensions began as early as March. The ceasefire was formalised on 1 March at a meeting in Kunming, with the junta reportedly agreeing to recognise the MNDAA's authority over Kokang.[432] But as early as 26 March, junta forces attempted to invade MNDAA territory near Lashio but was repelled militarily.[433] In response, the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar met with the junta foreign minister to discuss ending the clashes.[434]
Tensions began to grow again in Northern Shan State on 9 June after the junta launched airstrikes on TNLA positions in Mongmit Township. TNLA would accuse the junta of violating the ceasefire.[435] Through mid-June, junta forces amassed near 3BA-terriotries and destroyed roads in the area[436][437]
On 23 June, the junta clashed with
On 26 June, most of Nawnghkio was captured by PDF and TNLA forces.[442] By 28 June, the TNLA had captured most of the district capital town Kyaukme and continued attacking the junta bases around the town.[25]
Southern Rakhine offensives

Concurrently in early June, the
On 15 June, the Arakan Army clashed with junta forces near neighbouring Taungup[446] and on the Taungup-Pandaung road.[447] After months of relative peace in the area, heavy clashes broke out outside of Kyaukphyu on 17 June as junta forces left Danyawaddy naval base.[448]
On 23 June, AA forces captured Thandwe Airport, the first airport to be captured by resistance forces since the 2021 coup.[449] The airport's capture was not confirmed for another week, with AA claiming that 400 junta soldiers had died in the battle.[450] The AA began attacking the beach itself on 26 June.[451] On 17 July, AA forces captured Thandwe itself after three weeks of fighting.[28]
Continued Chin offensive and infighting
Various Chin actors continued the war against the junta in early 2024, with resistance efforts picking up in May. However, in June, the Chin resistance began to engage in conflict with each other as infighting increased in June. Signs of infighting began as early as January when CDFs and CNA clashed with the Maraland Defence Force (MDF), a CBA member.
On 2 May 2024, CBA aligned groups captured the strategic town of Kyindwe, Kanpetlet Township with the aid of the Arakan Army during the conclusion of the four-month long Battle of Kyindwe.[454] The CC would then attempt to take Tonzang from the junta and its ally the Zomi Revolutionary Army[455] capturing the town and neighbouring Cikha by 21 May.[456]
The following week, the CBA moved on neighbouring Tedim,[457] By mid-June, the Junta pushing back from Tedim, recaptured positions along the Tedim-Kalay road and took back Kennedy Peak.[458] Junta forces pushed as far as to recapture the strategic Tainngen village[459] before losing both Kennedy Peak and Taingen to Chinland Council-led counteroffensives and retreating to Khaing Kham by 27 June.[460] On 27 July, the CNA and ZRA met in Aizawl for peace negotiations.[461]
On 30 May, CDF-Matupi captured the district administrative office on the Matupi-Hakha road in Matupi Township.[24] On 24 June, CDFs clashed with junta forces outside of the Chin State capital Hakha. The junta retaliated by setting fires to homes in the town.[462] On 20 July, as part of "Operation Rung", the CDF-Hakha captured the Hakha Main Police Station, releasing 62 detainees.[463]
Operation Chin Brotherhood

On 9 June, the CBA, Arakan Army and
Operation Chin Brotherhood continued with CBA aligned forces capturing one of the two junta battalion bases outside Matupi on 17 June.[467] Clashes between the CBA and CBA broke out during the push towards the final base, leading to 2 CBA deaths.[468] The CNA/Chinland Council was forced to retreat from the Matupi area by 24 June[469] On 29 June, the CBA captured the remaining junta base near Matupi and took over the town.[470]
Infighting continued with CNA detaining other Yaw Defense Force soldiers[471] and MDF and AA taking Lailenpi, Matupi Township from the CDF-Mara and CNA.[472]
Kachin theater
On 4 June renewed clashes broke out outside of
On 15 July, junta forces launched an offensive to recapture areas near Momauk.[475] A month later, on 19 August, KIA forces captured the last junta base in Momauk, completing their capture of the township.[476] Shortly after, junta forces launched another counteroffensive to retake the town, but were stalled at Aung Myay village.[477]
Karenni Fighting
On 1 July, junta forces began attacking KNDF positions south of Pinlaung, attempting to relieve the Karenni siege on Pekon.[478]
In early July, fighting further intensified in Loikaw as Karenni resistance attempted to recapture areas of the town they had earlier been forced to withdraw from.[479] The Irrawaddy reported on 8 July that fighting is intensifying after reinforcements of 500 troops had arrived to help the already stationed 1,500 Tatmadaw troops.[480]
By mid July in Hpasawng Township, there has been reports of fresh intense fighting, incl. Karenni claims of poisoned gas use by Tatmadaw against the resistance fighters.[481] Meanwhile, in Loikaw, pro-Tatmadaw sources confirm fighting in Loikaw, Pekhon and Mobye. In addition it claims Tatmadaw progress in the direction of Loikaw University.[482]
Battle of Lashio


On 2 July, the MNDAA began the
Concurrently MNDAA forces clashed with junta forces in Mongyai Township[486] and TNLA began launching attacks into Momeik.[487]
Tensions and disputes rose between TNLA and the
On 25 July, in a "historic victory", the MNDAA claimed to have captured the Northeastern Command headquarters of Lashio, the first regional command headquarters to ever be captured by resistance forces.[492] On 30 July, MNDAA forces ambushed junta reinforcements attempting to reach Lashio, inflicting heavy casualties.[493] On 3 August, the capture of Lashio and the Northeastern Command headquarters was confirmed, with hundreds of Burmese soldiers surrendering.[27] The Northeastern Command had exiled their leadership to Muse, which remained the last junta stronghold in the area due to its proximity with the Chinese border.[494]
Ceasefire attempts and "Shan-Man"
On 14 July, the MNDAA instituted a tenuous 4-day ceasefire after meeting with the
At the same time as the renewed 1027 offensive, the

On 20 July, the 3BA, reportedly under pressure from China, agreed to extend the ceasefire to 31 July.[502] Despite the agreements, junta reinforcements launched renewed attacks on Kyaukme on the same day.[503] On 24 July, TNLA and PDF forces completely captured Mogok, Mandalay Region.[504]
The TNLA captured the Shan state towns of
On 12 August, MDY-PDF captured Tagaung, the first historical capital of the Burmese monarchy, after a one-day battle.[509] The following week, Mandalay-PDF captured Thabeikkyin, capturing the town and its surroundings. The entirety of Thabeikkyin District came under rebel control.[29]
Stalemates, Chinese Pressure, and Western Front Escalations (August 2024 – present)
After the fall of Lashio, the junta launched counter offensives, but facing an inability to make progress, changed its tactics to favour
In January 2025, The New York Times reported that the rebels were opening colleges and universities in the territory they controlled.[514]
Operation Hsinphyushin

In late August, the Tatmadaw began preparing an offensive to recapture key towns in northern Shan State, terming it as “Operation Hsin Phyu Shin” (after the Burmese king Hsinbyushin).[515] Throughout September and October, the Tatmadaw began massing forces in the final towns it controlled in Northern Shan State (Namlan, Mongyai, and Tangyan) in preparation for the counteroffensive to retake Lashio.[516]
This came in the context of strained China-3BA relations. On 29 August, the
On 19 October, Tatmadaw forces launched a counteroffensive, aimed at retaking Nawnghkio instead of Lashio.[521]
On 18 November, it was confirmed that MNDAA leader Peng Daxun had been detained in Yunnan by Chinese authorities since late October, further pressuring MNDAA forces to relinquish Lashio to the junta.[522]
In early December, the MNDAA declared a unilateral ceasefire and expressed willingness to engage in peace talks with the junta, with China acting as a mediator.[523] The MNDAA announced its readiness to send a high-level delegation for dialogue to resolve conflicts through political means.[524] However, despite this announcement, airstrikes on TNLA-held areas continued.[525] On 20 January 2025, the MNDAA and the junta agreed to a Chinese-brokered ceasefire, with several sources claiming that a withdraw of the former from Lashio was a condition for the deal. However, at the time neither the junta nor the MNDAA revealed any details of the deal.[526]
Renewed Southern Shan assault
In early August, the PNLA launched a renewed assault on the outskirts of Hsi Hseng after junta forces in the town bombed the PNLA headquarters in Mawkmai Township.[527] At the same time, the junta-allied PNO intensified military preparations by training 10,000 militia members in Pinlaung Township, in southern Shan State, aimed at bolstering the defense of Naypyitaw.[528] On 10 September, the PNLO split after disputes surrounding a ceasefire with the junta, with pro-ceasefire leaders breaking off to form the "PNLO-NCA-S."[529]
On 19 September, the Tatmadaw and allied Lahu military attacked a Shan State Army (RCSS) base in Yanghkam, Mong Ping Township.[530]
Continued attacks in the Dry Zone

The People's Defence Forces also continued fighting outside of the Shan-Man context. On 11 June the Union Liberation Front and Sagaing Region People's Defence Organisation captured a junta base near the Sagaing capital Monywa.[531] On 27 June, a coalition of several PDFs attacked Budalin.[532]
On 17 July, People's Defense Forces launched 2 rockets at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport, causing no casualties.[533]
On 10 August, PDFs in Myingyan District, central Mandalay Region, launched an offensive against Taungtha and Natogyi.[534] Natogyi was briefly captured before being recaptured by the junta soon after. On 15 August, PDF launched an offensive on Tabayin, Sagaing Region, again capturing the town by 18 August briefly before withdrawing shortly after due to junta counter attacks.[535] In mid-August, the KIA and PDF launched joint offensives on Indaw, Pinlebu, and Htigyaing, Sagain Region.[536] Resistance forces captured Pinlebu on 8 October, defeating almost 800 junta soldiers.[537]
On 11 November, the
Late 2024 Kachin offensives
On 7 September, KIA forces began attacking Singtawn -outside Hpakant- after junta forces raided a hotel in the area, capturing the village one month later.[539] In late September, it was reported that junta forces were preparing an offensive to retake Sumprabum and Tiyangzug.[540]
On 29 September, the KIA launched an offensive on Chipwi and Hsawlaw, capturing both towns by 2 October. Shortly after, the KIA asked the Kachin Border Guard Forces to defect, but were denied.[541] In response, the KIA launched an offensive on Kachin BGF battalions 1002 and 1003, capturing both by 22 October.[542][543]

The KIA then captured the Kachin BGF's headquarters in the town of Pang War on 20 October with Kachin BGF leader Zahkung Ting Ying fled to China.[544] On 1 November, the KIA launched an attack on the final BGF 1001 bases at Nuzaungbaung and Phimaw, capturing both by the next day. Border Guard Forces fled to Kangfang (Ganfai), which the KIA captured days later.[545] On 10 November, KIA forces completed the capture of Kachin Special Region 1 and all of the Kachin BGF territory when they took Lanse village.[546] On 20 November, despite Chinese pressure not to, the KIA captured Kanpaikti, the final Kachin BGF base.[547]
In December, the KIA and allies attacked Myanmar junta targets in Bhamo and Mansi townships.[548]
Chin theatre
In early August, the Chin National Army and allies took in Thantlang after about a week of fighting.[549]
On 9 November, the
In December 2024, the Chin Brotherhood Alliance (CBA) achieved significant victories in Chin State. On 15 December, 123 junta troops and police officers from Mindat district and township police compounds, together with their families, surrendered to the CBA.[551] On 21 December, the CBA declared Mindat a junta-free zone following the rescue of 13 political prisoners.[552] These victories further consolidated the CBA's control in the region and demonstrated the strength of Operation Chin Brotherhood.
Advances in Rakhine and the fall of Ann

After the capture of Thandwe, Arakan Army forces launched an offensive south towards Gwa, capturing Kyeintali by 14 August.[553] On 5 September, the AA captured Maung Shwe Lay Naval Base, the first naval base to be captured by resistance forces.[554] On 25 September, the AA launched an offensive on the remaining bases in Ann. By 25 October, the AA captured the remaining Mae Taung bases, encircled Ann, and captured the town's airport.[555] On 7 November, the AA launched an offensive on neighboring Taungup.[556] The Arakan Army captured Maungdaw in the first half of December, after securing the Junta's last remaining position there. The AA captured General Thurein Tun during the operation.[557][558]

In December 2024, the AA achieved significant victories in Rakhine State. On December 8, the AA captured Maungdaw Township, securing full control over the 271-kilometer border with Bangladesh.[559] This strategic gain was followed by the seizure of the Western Regional Command headquarters in Ann Township on December 20, marking the second regional command center to fall to ethnic armed groups within five months.[560] On December 29, the AA extended its campaign by seizing full control of Gwa Township, the southernmost town in Rakhine State, after junta troops retreated from the area.[561] This victory further consolidated the AA's dominance in the region, leaving only a few townships under junta control.[562] The AA's leadership has since expressed readiness to engage in political dialogue to seek resolution to the ongoing conflict.[563]
In January 2025, Arakan Army and joint PDF forces pushed into
Karen State Clashes and Key KNLA Advances
After the Karen National Army set a five-month deadline in May 2024 for Chinese scamming operatives to leave Myawaddy, many have migrated to the
On 1 June clashes erupted between KNLA-led forces and joint Karen National Army/junta forces near Tonetatdar. A source close to the junta claimed that
On 9 August, KNLA forces clashed with junta reinforcements near Zayatkyi, Htantabin Township.[570]
In December 2024, the KNLA achieved significant victories in Kayin State. On December 17, the KNLA attacked the Swe Taw Kone junta camp near Lay Kay Kaw village, capturing prisoners and seizing weapons.[571] Additionally, the KNLA recaptured its former headquarters, Manerplaw, on the Thai border, further consolidating its control in the region.[572]
Shifting Karenni frontlines
In early August it was Tatmadaw and civilian sources reported that Tatmadaw had secured Loikaw and much of the surrounding township.[573] On 5 September, the KNDF attempted to assassinate Tatmadaw leader Min Aung Hlaing while he was visiting Loikaw.[574]
As of September 20, 2024, the Myanmar junta only had control of Loikaw and Bawlakhe Townships.[575]
During October, fighting shifted to North Kayah State, after the flooding of Typhoon Yagi. Tatmadaw troops and Pa-O militia attacked several Karenni Resistance-held settlements including Pinlaung, Mobye and Pekon.[576] Pekon was taken in a military counter-offensive taking advantage of the flooding caused by Yagi.[577] However, Karenni leadership believes that the Tatmadaw does not aim to hold the territory, only to shore up its supply lines[578] as the Tatmadaw has to use helicopters to maintain some supply lines.[579] While fighting was reported early December along Pekon-Moebye-Loikaw road.[580]
On 29 October, it was announced that several Karenni resistance groups united to form the Kayan National Army.[581]
In January 2025, El País reported that Demoso has become a major center for refugees, housing some 150,000 displaced civilians.[582]
Tatmadaw has succeeded in taking Mobye, the town, during it's offensive already in December. Now as of early February the KNDF launches an advance to retake the town.[583]
Humanitarian impact and war crimes

The human rights situation in Myanmar has deteriorated substantially since the beginning of the civil conflict. The Burmese military has escalated its use of war crimes, including murder, mass killings, sexual violence, torture, arbitrary detention, attacks on religious buildings, and the targeting of civilians.[584][585][586][587] The junta has also seized the properties of political opponents as part of an intimidation strategy, impacting hundreds of families.[588] BBC News reports that the pro-junta paramilitary Pyusawhti militias have been accused of more than one atrocity against civilians.[58]
Since the onset of the civil conflict, both the Burmese military and resistance forces alike have used educational facilities as bases and detention sites.[589] In 2021, over 190 violent attacks on schools were reported in 13 of Myanmar's states and regions.[589] As of June 2022, 7.8 million children remained out of school.[590]
Myanmar's public health system has effectively collapsed,[591] and the civil war has worsened the country's food security crisis, with one in four people experiencing food insecurity.[592] Poverty and food insecurity have disproportionately affected Myanmar's Dry Zone and the Irrawaddy delta regions, which account for over 80% of the country's agricultural area and are home to a third of the country's population.[593]
As of September 2022, 1.3 million people had been internally displaced, and over 13,000 children had been killed.[584][52] By March 2023, the UN estimated that since the coup, 17.6 million people in Myanmar required humanitarian assistance, while 1.6 million were internally displaced, and 55,000 civilian buildings had been destroyed.[594]
In March 2023
In March 2024 Tom Andrews, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar, stated that 18.6 million people were in need of humanitarian aid.[596]
On 27 November 2024, the International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC filed an application for international arrest warrant of Senior General and Acting President Min Aung Hlaing.[597] As the acting president and commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defence Services, Min Aung Hlaing "bears criminal responsibility for the crimes against humanity of deportation and persecution of the Rohingya, committed in Myanmar, and in part in Bangladesh," the prosecutor's statement said, noting that it "is the first application for an arrest warrant against a high-level Myanmar government official that my Office is filing. More will follow".[597] The legal procedure is "a strong warning to Myanmar’s abusive military leaders that they’re not beyond the reach of the law,” said the Human Rights Watch senior international justice counsel Maria Elena Vignoli.[598]
Economic impact
Economic conditions in Myanmar have substantially worsened due to the ongoing war and to economic mismanagement by the SAC.
In September 2022 the G7-led Financial Action Task Force announced plans to blacklist Myanmar for failing to stem money laundering and terrorist financing.[604] At that time, only Iran and North Korea were on the Financial Action Task Force blacklist.[604] In October 2022, Myanmar was blacklisted by the task force, which increased volatility in the value of the Burmese kyat.[605]
The war disrupted transport and stunted the export of agricultural goods like rice and corn, and the illegal cultivation of poppy became an economic pillar for many Burmese. Myanmar became the world's biggest opium producer, producing about 1,080 metric tons in 2023.[606]
During the war there has been a "mass refusal" among Myanmar's people to pay taxes and other charges to the junta, leading to a 33% drop in state revenue according to an analysis by the Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M). According to the SAC-M, "69% of businesses reported not paying tax to the junta in the first three months of 2022". The cessation of payments of electricity bills by large portions of the population has also significantly cut off the junta's revenue sources.[607]
The conflict also facilitated the conditions for the proliferation of
In August 2024 CNN published its year-long investigation concluding that approximately half of Myanmar's 54 million inhabitants live below the poverty line. This dire economic situation compels many individuals to resort to extreme measures, including participating in the illicit trade of human organs online. Such transactions can yield an amount equivalent to two years' worth of salary. Individuals often publicize their intent to sell organs on social media platforms, creating a relentless cycle in which families repeatedly turn to these transactions as their financial resources deplete.[609]
Hyperinflation
By September 2022 the value of the
At the end of July 2023 the SAC announced that it would issue a limited number of new 20,000 kyat banknotes. The announcement led to an increase in the price of gold, as well as in foreign currency exchange rates.[615] In March 2024, it was reported that the civil war had significantly increased prices of every day goods, such as rice (160–220%), fuel (520%), and palm oil (75%) from pre-war levels. Also, the US dollar to Kyat exchange rate had increased by 160%.[616]
In April 2024 the price of gold was around 4.5 million kyat per kyattha (a Burmese unit of mass) compared to 1 million per kyattha in February 2021. By May 2024 it was 5.8 million kyat per tical, and by September 2024 it was 7.2 million kyat per tical.[617] The SAC regularly accuses goldsmiths of price manipulation when gold prices rise. An arrest of five traders and closure of seven shops, caused the price to drop in early April 2024 as traders were fearful of doing business.[618] By May 2024, the U.S. dollar to kyat exchange rate had increased from 1300 before the coup to 5000 on the black market, with the junta reportedly abandoning the fixed exchange rate of 2100.[619][620]
Interim Central Bank (ICB)
The
Under the direction of the ICB there is a newly established for-profit bank called Spring Development Bank, with an intent to establish its own cryptocurrency.[623]
Environmental impact
The deterioration in law and order in many parts of Myanmar has caused "a surge in illegal mining activities" in rural parts of the country. Environmental activists in Myanmar have accused the junta of supporting illegal mining of rare-earth elements which have "devastating and unpredictable consequences for the region’s ecosystem and inhabitants". Rivers have been contaminated, causing the destruction of local ecosystems, decreasing community access to clean water and disrupting agricultural activities of local farmers. The junta has cracked down on environmental activists who have criticized the government.[624] The conflict has also seen a significant rise in deforestation in Myanmar.[625]
Manpower and procurement
Tatmadaw and allies
A February 2022 report by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews stated that China, Russia, India, Belarus, Ukraine, Israel, Serbia, Pakistan and South Korea were selling weapons to the Tatmadaw.[626] The Karen National Union documented the use of North Korean weaponry by the SAC in November 2023.[627]
Anti-SAC forces have claimed that the Tatmadaw has severely struggled with recruitment and morale.[55] The Tatmadaw has adopted drones in response to rebel groups using drones.[628]
On 31 January 2023 the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a directive enabling organisations and citizens deemed "loyal to the state," including civilians, civil servants, and army personnel, to obtain firearms licenses.[629] The regulatory shift has enabled the SAC to arm pro-military Pyusawhti militias and to suppress pro-democracy forces in light of waning military recruitment and their challenges with concurrently operating in multiple war theatres throughout the country.[630][631] On 12 February 2023, a leaked document purportedly from the Ministry of Home Affairs detailed the SAC issuing firearms licenses to pro-military civilians for the operation of counter-insurgency paramilitaries based on the new firearm licensing directive.[632]
SAC-aligned Pyusawhti militias have reportedly used force to recruit local men, but have been less than effective in building up grassroots enforcement on behalf of the junta, and have "taken root only in the small number of communities where the military's own party is traditionally strong."[58]
One man contacted by the BBC in the area where Wathawa has been mobilising since early 2022 said he had only been able to recruit a maximum of 10–15 men in each village, and then only by threatening to burn down their homes.
He said many of the recruits had run away, and were being helped by other villagers to hide from Wathawa and his gun-toting monks.[58]
In early December 2023 the Tatmadaw-led government appealed for
On 10 February 2024 the Tatmadaw announced the People's Military Service Law, requiring all men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to complete up to two years of mandatory military service, amid its territorial losses. Those who fail to enlist face imprisonment for up to five years during a national emergency.[635] This announcement has been interpreted by some as a sign of increasing desperation in the face of steadily advancing resistance forces.[636] In the wake of the announcement, Deutsche Welle also reported that "thousands" of young people were fleeing across the border to Thailand to evade conscription before it came into effect.[637] Local Myanmar government officials are reportedly extorting bribes from those seeking to avoid being conscripted.[638] 21 administrators in Rakhine's Thandwe announced their resignation in response to the military recruitment.[639] Rebel groups killed at least 37 local officials carrying out the junta's conscription efforts.[640]
Activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi thought the military's historic "indoctrination techniques are deeply rooted in nationalism and religious ideologies" leaving "soldiers and their families feeling disoriented amidst shifting societal paradigms".[641]
Anti-SAC forces
The limited possession of guns by ethnic insurgent movements along with the lack of international support and formal means of acquiring military material has presented the anti-junta forces with a challenging situation for the confrontation of the military regime. Faced with this difficulty since the early stages of armed insurgency, the resistance movement sought ways to manufacture the necessary weapons and equipment for the conflict. Initially, the rebels expanded the production of a traditionally made,
Commercially available drones rigged to carry bombs were used to attack military positions. PDF groups reportedly produced naval bombs to target government logistics in rivers. Meanwhile, defected soldiers developed 60 mm long-range mortars. The use of 3D printing was also reported, both to salvage weapons taken from the junta and for the improvised production of semiautomatic carbines.[643][646] An arms trafficker in possession of nuclear materials was found working with an unnamed insurgent ethnic armed group in Myanmar.[627][647] The success of Operation 1027 enabled the Brotherhood Alliance to seize enormous caches of arms and ammunition from the Tatmadaw, making it better equipped than before it launched Operation 1027.[648]
Foreign involvement and spillover

In June 2021 the United Nations General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution asking member states to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar.[649] Two hundred international organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have continued to press the UN and its member states to adopt a global arms embargo.[650][651] The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union have, in response to the ongoing violence, sanctioned individuals and organisations associated with the Burmese military.[652][653] However, the effectiveness of these sanctions has been undermined by poor coordination among governments and the lack of sanctions against high-impact targets.[653]

ASEAN blocked Myanmar from participating in regional summits after the 2021 coup.[654] but this was reversed after New Zealand invited the junta to two ASEAN Summits hosted in Wellington in April 2024.[655] ASEAN member states have not taken a consistent, coordinated approach with respect to the ongoing civil war, due to internal divisions. Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore are strongly opposed to the military junta,[656][657] but Thailand was a key ally of the junta until the election of Srettha Thavisin as prime minister.[658][659]
India, which represents Myanmar's fourth-largest export market and fifth-largest import partner, has continued a business-as-usual approach to cross-border relations and continues to recognize the military junta.[660] State-owned and private Indian companies supply arms and raw materials to the junta.[661] On the other hand, India has hostile relations with China, which in part may have contributed to India's ongoing support for the junta as a balance attempt to prevent Chinese encroachment, which is met with criticism.[662][663][664]
Bangladesh recognizes the military junta, but does not support its actions, in part because the Rohingya genocide has led to around 1 million Rohingya refugees fleeing to Bangladesh.[citation needed] Its position in the conflict has been informed by repeated spillover of the conflict into its territory.[665]
As of December 2023

Since the coup d'état, China and Russia have supported the military junta and have been its main arms suppliers. China is Myanmar's largest trading partner.

Russia has embraced deeper ties with the Burmese military junta as the civil war has progressed. Russia has provided materiel, military training for over 50 Myanmar Air Force pilots, and diplomatic backing to the regime.[674] Min Aung Hlaing has visited Russia several times, personally meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in September 2022. The military junta backed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[654] Russia was among the few countries[q] to send a congratulatory message to the junta on Myanmar's Independence Day.[675] In March 2024, Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews saw Russia still being the number one source of weapons for the junta.[596]
Although small in number, foreign volunteers serving with anti-junta forces have been documented. One such volunteer, going under the nom de guerre Azad, formed the Anti-fascist Internationalist Front to assist fighters in the Chin theater. Azad gained prior military experience while fighting in the Syrian Rojava conflict.[676][677][678]
See also
- 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- Myanmar conflict
- Myanmar protests (2021–present)
- Military rule in Myanmar
- Tatmadaw (Burmese national military)
- 8888 uprising
Notes
- ^ Hundreds of anti-SAC local defence forces are strewn across the country, which operate unconventionally, carrying out hit-and-run attacks, targeted killings, ambushes, remote bombings and a small number of rocket attacks.[9]
- ^ former New Democratic Army – Kachin, Lahu Democratic Front, Karen National Army
- ^ a b India-based
- ^ Despite having issued a public statement of support for anti-junta resistance in April 2021, the ZRA has been supplied by and worked alongside the junta to attack resistance[12][13]
- Rohingya militia, several India-based insurgentgroups, smaller allied ethnic armed organisations, and local militias
- Burma National Revolutionary Army, People's Defence Force (Kalay), People's Liberation Army, People's Revolution Alliance (Magway), Student Armed Force, National Liberation Army (Myanmar), smaller local groups
- ^ Kagabu People’s Force,[14] Kachin Region People’s Defence Force (Kachin PDF)[15]
- Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, KNU/KNLA Peace Council, Arakan Army (Kayin State), local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
- ^ Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, Karenni Army, Karenni National People's Liberation Front, Kayan National Army, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
- Zomiallied groups, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
- Zomiallied groups, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
- ^ Danu State National Defence Army, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
- ^ New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship), Mon State Revolutionary Force, Mon State Federal Council, Mon State Defense Force, Mon Liberation Army
- ^ United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (National Socialist Council of Nagaland, United Liberation Front of Asom, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation), Coordination Committee (Kangleipak Communist Party, Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, People's Liberation Army of Manipur, United National Liberation Front, United Peoples Party of Kangleipak), smaller groups
- ^ Burmese: ၂၀၂၁-လက်ရှိ မြန်မာပြည်သူ့ခုခံတွန်းလှန်စစ်; MLCTS: 2021 – lakhri. mranmanuing.ngan pranysu.hku.hkamtwan:hlancac, Burmese pronunciation: [n̥ə.'tʰa̼ʊn.n̥ə.sʰɛ̼.θɪʔ – 'lɐʔ.ʃi̼ mjàm.mà.nàɪŋ.ŋàɴ 'pjì.θu̼ 'kʰu̼.kʰàɰ̃ 'tʊ́ːɰ̃.ɫàɰ̃.sɪʔ]
- ^ Mese (captured in June 2023), Demoso, Ywarthit, Shadaw, Mawchi, Nan Mae Khon.
- ^ Belarus, Cambodia, North Korea, Russia, and Syria sent congratulatory messages to the State Administration Council for Myanmar's Independence Day on 4 January 2024.
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