Regime troops on Wednesday abandoned a heavily reinforced rural police station in Budalin Township after failing to break a siege by local resistance groups.
Fierce fighting has erupted in Taung Pone Gyi, a vital checkpoint for the regime if it wants to defend its arms production hub in neighboring Bago Region.
An Arakan Army video shows the former Western Command chief of staff calling on regime troops in Rakhine State to stop fighting for incompetent leaders.
The Kachin Independence Army says it is still fighting to seize Mansi and the regime power hub of Bhamo in Kachin State.
The Chin Brotherhood says regime forces are now restricted to camps in Hakha, Falam, Tedim and Thantlang towns.
The Arakan Army has seized the regime’s Rakhine State deputy commander, Brigadier General Thaung Tun, and the chief of staff in Ann.
Fighting has intensified around Mindat and Falam townships as rebel alliances blaze a coordinated trail through regime positions in Chin State.
The AA’s progress has been slowed by regime artillery units in the Rakhine Mountains, which are relentlessly shelling the clash site at the junta HQ in Ann Township.
The Kachin Independence Army and its allies say they seized a junta base, opening up a new front in Myanmar's northernmost district on the Chinese border.
Killed by a landmine planted by his own side, Colonel Aung Nay Mo’s body was found Tuesday near the Bangladeshi border alongside a hoard of gold and money.
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