The Arakan Army strives for legitimacy in Rakhine State by governing captured areas but faces international recognition ...

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

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

"We strongly urge the [Burmese] military regime to cease violence, including harming civilians and civilian infrastructure, ...

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

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

Five years after the coup and a protracted civil war, the junta and pro-democracy rebels have failed to consolidate power ...

The case of CMEC and other Chinese business activities in Myanmar show how exposed China is to escalating conflict risks, and offer insight to the role it is playing in the ongoing civil war.

The six-month extension is intended to buy time for the military’s long-promised election, but conditions in the country are ...

Four years ago today, a military junta in Myanmar seized power from the country's democratically elected government. They sent tanks into the streets and detained the country's president, as well as ...

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 ...

It has now been four years since the Myanmar military launched its cataclysmic coup against the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, 2021, starting a civil war that has ...