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Over 20 Myanmar Junta Personnel Reportedly Killed in Resistance Attacks

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

People’s Defense Forces and ethnic armed organizations ambushed regime forces across the country on Thursday.

Myanmar Military Airstrike Kills Junta Soldiers Held Prisoner in Rakhine

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Regime personnel captured by the Arakan Army were killed and wounded when junta jets bombed the cells where they were detained.

Rakhine Residents Trapped and Going Hungry as Myanmar Military Blockades Villages

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Junta forces are blocking transport routes in northern Rakhine as clashes with ethnic armed organization the Arakan Army continue.

Myanmar Junta Blocks UN and Humanitarian Access in Northern Rakhine State

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Access to six townships has been temporarily blocked due to escalating clashes between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military.

Around 70% of Western Myanmar’s Chin State Controlled by Resistance

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Interview

By The Irrawaddy

The Chin National Front tells The Irrawaddy that the regime now controls only towns and some major roads.

Myanmar Envoy Summoned Over Regime Airstrikes Along Bangladesh Border

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Burma

By Muktadir Rashid  

Junta jets and helicopters are targeting Arakan Army fighters operating on the Myanmar-Bangladesh frontier.

Myanmar Junta Bombs Bangladesh Border Zone After Outpost Attack

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The regime launched airstrikes after the Arakan Army killed 19 police officers at a border outpost in Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State, on Wednesday.

Arakan Army Kills 19 Myanmar Junta Police

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The powerful armed group said it seized a police outpost on the Bangladesh border.

Around 1,000 Villagers Displaced by Fighting in Western Myanmar

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Clashes between the Arakan Army and junta troops are intensifying in Paletwa Township on the border of Chin and Rakhine states.

Myanmar’s Ethnic Groups Must Unite to Topple the Military Regime

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Guest Column

By The Irrawaddy

Only by working together can the peoples of Myanmar end the violence and regain their freedom.

Three Rakhine Civilians Killed as Myanmar Military Shells Villages in Clash With AA

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The deaths and several injuries occurred when regime artillery shells hit a village in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township after AA fighters ambushed junta troops.

Myanmar Military, Arakan Army in Daylong Clash in Rakhine State

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The regime fired artillery at AA targets in northern Maungdaw all day Tuesday after a bloody weekend of fighting that saw nearly 40 junta troops killed.

Almost 40 Regime Soldiers Reportedly Killed in Clashes With Ethnic Rakhine Army

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

Military tensions are running high between the Arakan Army and junta forces in northern Rakhine and southern Chin states.

Arakan Army Detains Myanmar Junta Ally in Rakhine State  

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

The AA abducted the senior member of the rival Arakan Liberation Party two months after he attended peace talks staged by the military regime in June.

Junta Detains Rakhine Villagers as Military Tensions Escalate in Western Myanmar 

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Burma

By The Irrawaddy

A return to conflict in Rakhine State seems inevitable as ethnic armed organization the Arakan Army is increasingly clashing with regime forces.