Four years after seizing power, Myanmar’s generals are holding on but fighting an increasingly dire battle for survival, ...

After decades of centralised military control, the AA has shifted Rakhine’s power dynamics, emerging as the de facto ...

The Kachin Independence Army says the Artillery Battalion 366 headquarters have been seized in the junta’s Kachin power hub of Bhamo.

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

The latest fighting has centred on the headquarters of the junta’s Military Operations Command 21 (MOC-21) northeast of Bhamo ...

Myanmar’s junta now only controls 21% of the country. Even if the regime can be ousted, there are increasing fears the ...

MYANMAR’S ongoing civil war has reached a critical point, with the rise of ethnic armed organisations significantly altering ...

Myanmar military junta soldiers attacked a village in the Sagaing Region and killed six civilians, including three who were ...

Anti-junta sources said the military used drones in the attack on Laiza, Kachin State, which is thought to have been a ...

The international community and global media may overlook the ongoing civil war in Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh), but the ground situation indicates perpetual chaos. Thousands have been ...

As Myanmar’s civil war heads into a fifth year, anti-junta forces are opening universities and colleges as part of their ...