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Myanmar alliance says it agreed to 4-day ceasefire with military in Shan state.

Myanmar ethnic minority armed groups on July 14 it had agreed a 4-day ceasefire with junta in northern Shan state, following weeks of clashes in which it seized territory from military along a key highway to China. We cooperation w/China by agreeing to a 4-day ceasefire in Northern Shan” July 14 - July 18, Major-General Tar Bhone Kyaw of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), one of the members of the alliance, Northern Shan state has rocked by fighting late June 2024, when the so-called Three Brotherhood Alliance renewed an offensive against military along the road to China’s Yunnan province.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...shan-state

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Myanmar alliance says it ceasefire with military in Shan state. MNDAA Announces 4-Day Halt in Fighting in Myanmar’s Northern Shan State, beginning Sunday effective through 12 a.m. on Thursday, while Communist Party of China holds it meeting.“In order to respond positively to China’s concerns, at the time of the Third Plenary Session of the Communist Party of China, all combat troops are required to stop active offensives between 24:00 July 14 and 24:00 July 18,” reads Sunday’s bilingual statement by the MNDAA written in Chinese and English.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mnd...-shan.html

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Junta troops & pro-regime militias abruptly withdraw from Sagaing bases. Resistance forces said they had not forced armed militia members & soldiers out of the bases by attacking them, & speculated they relocated due to the regime’s failure to deliver supplies. Resistance forces claim to have taken hold of 3 junta outposts in Shwebo Township, Sagaing Region on Sunday after junta troops and pro-junta militia forces manning the outposts withdrew without warning. 

Sources in anti-junta resistance said, soldiers & members of Pyu Saw Htee militias armed trained by military in various parts of Myanmar— try to reportedly relocated to other bases from their outposts in Myin See, Sin Inn, and Ku Toet Seik villages, all 17 miles or less from Shwebo Township’s urban centre. Troops and Pyu Saw Htee members reportedly brought their families with them in the move to Zee Phyu Kone village, the location of another base.
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-...ion-bases/

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Bangladesh turns back fleeing Myanmar soldiers at border. TEKNAF: Bangladesh stopped dozens of Myanmar security personnel from crossing into its territory to flee advancing rebel forces, a local government official based near their river border said on Tuesday (Jul 16).

Clashes have rocked Myanmar's western frontiers since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked security forces last November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since country's 2021 military coup.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/ban...up-4482781

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Wa Army Shows How to Succeed in Fight Against Myanmar Junta, junta forced ethnic armed organization signed a ceasefire to transform into Border Guard under Army-drafted 2008 Constitution, So junta now launched attacks National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) and Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP) after they opposed its proposal. However, it shied away from attacking two holdouts – the United Wa State Army (UWSA) and its territorial neighbor, (NDAA) regime would have had to attack both groups simultaneously, risking southern & northern Shan State west of Salween River no guaranteed even if it deployed all 10 of its divisions. Moreover junta chief Than Shwe & his deputy Maung Aye were preparing for a power transfer decided against attacking UWSA.

Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian govt also hit snags in peace negotiations with the UWSA. Tensions built up in 2009-2010 were eased when a Union-level ceasefire was signed on Dec 25, 2011. UWSA signed truce but unnecessary, having already signed a ceasefire with the previous regime in 1989. In 2015, President Thein Sein visited Shan State’s Kengtung to urge UWSA & NDAA leaders to sign Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, but to no avail. Around 3,000 UWSA troops with 100 vehicles, heavy weapons crossed Salween River to southern Shan State in May 2021, the UWSA was helping its ally, the SSPP, to fight its rival, Restoration Council of Shan State fight ended March, as UWSA troops were still deployed alongside SSPP troops on Mount Mo Shan in April this year.

UWSA provided training, supplies, healthcare & anti-regime ethnic Brotherhood Alliance Ops 1027. So alliance handed two towns seized during ops Hopang & Panlong east of Salween River, transfer 2 towns expanded Wa Self-Admin east of Salween River  border with China, then alliance member, Ta’ang Nat Liberation Army (TNLA), ,also reportedly handed over Mong Kyet, Karmein & Teintan west of Salween River to UWSA. Junta raised no objections so UWSA troops crossed west of Salween. On first occasion, junta handed SSPP an ultimatum to withdraw end of Mar-2022, bolstered by UWSA troops, 100 vehicles of UWSA troops crossed river southern Shan State on Jun-5 reinforcements swelled UWSA force to around 5,000. 
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/wa-army-s...junta.html

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Myanmar junta opponents launch rocket attack on capital airport.

YANGON – Opponents of junta launched rocket attack on airport in capital Naypyidaw caused no casualties, security sources said July 17, a rare breach of the military’s seat of power. The junta ouster democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s govt in 2021 coup sparked renewed fighting with ethnic minority armed groups, & with the pro-democracy People’s Defence Forces (PDFs). Two rockets hit Naypyidaw Airport on morning of July 16, a security source told Agence France-Presse (AFP), on condition of anonymity.

Its centre of country, sprawling military-built city of Naypyidaw home to junta’s top brass & civil servants, its heavy security presence surrounding area. The junta top brass has their planning it fight using the military against opponents is their ravages fighting along in the country. In April, PDF groups launched more than a dozen drones at targets in Naypyidaw that closed temporarily the main airport.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...al-airport

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A govt compound in heart of Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw has been hit with a bomb blast, killing@least one soldier. CNA sources say attack involved a handmade explosive, which also injured four others. Local media have yet to report on this but if verified, this would be the closest attack made against the Myanmar military on govt premises

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Myanmar Junta Acting Vice-President Too Ill to Perform Duties.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/...uties.html

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Junta Watch: Pleading With Strikers; Feting Aung San While Jailing His Daughter; and More

Also this week, worrying over sick puppet VP, reinforcing besieged Lashio troops, a bridge too far for general, and thanking Thailand
By The Irrawaddy JULY 20

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Mandalay People’s Defense Force (PDF) on Tuesday claimed to have seized two more junta bases in Madaya Township, threatening the Mandalay city to the south. The PDF said it seized a position at the Alpha cement factory and the Taung Tanngar village base along with weapons and ammunition.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...junta.html

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Eight Shan Civilians Killed in Myanmar Junta Airstrike: CSOs. junta aircraft bombed Hseni’s crowded market in northern Shan State on Thursday evening, killing eight civilians and injuring eight others, according to Shan civil society organizations (CSOs). Hseni Township was seized by the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) during Operation 1027 last year. Sai Htu Kyi of the township committee of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) was killed during the airstrike.

The SNLD, which was founded in 1988, did not register with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission following the 2021 coup. MNDAA said two aircraft dropped eight bombs on Hseni.
Junta Telegram channels claimed airstrikes killed MNDAA commanders but witnesses said all the victims were civilians. A Shan CSO network said: “No MNDAA troops were stationed at the market. They patrol the town but they are not based at the market.” More airstrikes were reported Friday but casualties are unknown.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...-csos.html

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Mandalay PDF Seizes Singu Township From Myanmar Junta. Mandalay People’s Defense Force (PDF) on Saturday claimed to have taken complete control of Singu Township in northern Mandalay Region after around 20 days of attacks on Myanmar regime targets. Singu, 91km north of Myanmar’s second-biggest city Mandalay, is the first town seized by the PDF..

Osmond, Mandalay PDF’s spokesman, told The Irrawaddy on Saturday there had been clashes with regime forces for nearly 20 days and the group had lost comrades. The PDF released photos of weapons and ammunition and detained junta troops.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...junta.html

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Myanmar Alliance Agrees to Extend Ceasefire With Junta in Shan State. YANGON—An alliance of armed groups in Myanmar has agreed to extend a ceasefire with the junta in northern Shan state after “pressure” from China, a leader of one of the groups said on Saturday. Ceasefire, which was extended to July 31, comes after clashes saw its fighters seize territory from the military along a strategic highway to China.

The area has been rocked by fighting since late last month, three Brotherhood Alliance renewed an offensive against junta troops along the road to China’s Yunnan province. The alliance of ethnic minority armed groups — made up of Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — initially agreed to a 4-days ceasefire from July 14-18. A third member of the alliance, the Arakan Army, did not agree to the ceasefire.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/politics/...state.html

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Myanmar’s military chief named acting president
The current acting president, Myint Swe, has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to Min Aung Hlaing.

22 Jul 2024 -- Myanmar’s acting president, Myint Swe, has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to the military chief Min Aung Hlaing, says the country’s army, the new appointment, broadcast on state-run MRTV television, said Min Aung Hlaing received an official letter from the acting president’s office on Monday. The letter authorised him to carry out the duties of the acting president in order to deal as needed with matters related to the National Defence and Security Council.

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Myanmar’s acting president has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to military chief Min Aung Hlaing, the junta said on Monday.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power in 2021, deposing the government of democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

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As president, Min Aung Hlaing will only prolong Myanmar’s misery

Assuming a new mantle will not spare the failing dictator from his fate—and so his war on the country’s people will go on
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/as-presi...rs-misery/

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Myanmar’s acting president has taken medical leave and transferred his duties to military chief Min Aung Hlaing, the junta said on Monday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military seized power in 2021, deposing the government of democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

Myanmar junta leader assumes presidential powers as president takes ‘sick leave,’ state media reports

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Myanmar military bombs Laukkai, killing two civilians near China border. The latest attack on the town comes group controlling by Myanmar National Democratic Army (MNDAA). Continues to make advances on northern Shan State’s largest city.

The ethnic Kokang armed group said the attack happened shortly after midnight, killing two and injuring many others. As junta warplane dropped two bombs on Laukkai’s Ward 2, where many homes and hotels are located, according to the statement. One bomb exploded in front of a hotel, while the other went off nearby, it added.
https://myanmar-now.org/en/news/myanmar-...na-border/

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Myanmar junta, ethnic armed group claim control of military regional HQ.

YANGON: Myanmar's junta and an ethnic minority armed group both claimed on Thursday (Jul 25) they were in control of a town and regional military command in northern Shan state following days of clashes.

Fighting has rocked the town of Lashio, home to the military's northeastern command, since Jul 3, when an alliance of ethnic armed groups renewed an offensive against junta troops.

Local media run by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) reported the group "fully captured the headquarters of the Northeast Military command in Lashio" on Thursday morning and also captured Lashio town, home to some 150,000 people

But junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun told reporters the claim was "not true".

"The insurgents infiltrated the outskirts of Lashio so (the security forces) have been following and clearing them," he said, without giving details.

AFP was unable to reach a MNDAA spokesman for comment.

The northeastern command is located in the north of Lashio.

A video uploaded to social media claiming to have been shot in Lashio on Thursday morning showed deserted streets with no soldiers in sight.

AFP reporters have geolocated the video to a site in the town around 2km from the command.

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Myanmar junta official ‘hopeful’ for Myanmar to regain normal status in Asean

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Myanmar junta official ‘hopeful’ for Myanmar to regain normal status in Asean

Asean foreign ministers stand by Myanmar peace plan.
VIENTIANE, Laos - Asean foreign ministers on July 25 stuck by the bloc’s peace plan for Myanmar, even as a civil war sparked by the country’s 2021 military coup widens. During the Asean Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, wrote he & his counterparts “discussed regional & geopolitical developments, including deteriorating situation in Myanmar and the importance of upholding the implementation of the 5-Point Consensus”.

Among other things, the plan calls for the cessation of violence and facilitation of dialogue among all parties concerned, but has been criticised as being dead in the water, given the scale of the conflict sparked by the coup.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asi...peace-plan

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Myanmar Junta Puts Leaders of Old Regime Under Surveillance. Myanmar’s military regime has placed former senior military leaders—including ex-dictator Than Shwe and former President Thein Sein—under surveillance, sources close to the matter said. They confirmed that current junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has directed his security forces in Naypyitaw to monitor not only the retired senior leaders of the previous regime and the quasi-civilian government that followed it, but also members of their households.

Others under watch include the previous regime’s No. 2, Maung Aye, and Thura Shwe Mann, who was chief of the general staff of the Myanmar armed forces under the Than Shwe regime, which ruled Myanmar from 1992 until early 2011. The Irrawaddy has learned they have been under watch since a few days after Thein Sein’s three-day trip to China in late June, during which he attended commemorations of the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, the Chinese government’s foreign relations principles. He met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the event.


Following the trip, Channel News Asia reported that “a source told CNA that Wang had asked Thein Sein to persuade Min Aung Hlaing to hand over power and form an interim government to pave the way for elections.” Thein Sein briefed Min Aung Hlaing after his China visit, local media reported. Within 10 days of Thein Sein’s visit, China hosted General Soe Win, deputy chief of the State Administration Council (SAC—the junta’s formal name) and commander-in-chief of the army. Since then, speculation has been rife and rumors have swirled about the purpose and larger significance of the visits. Among the rumors are that Min Aung Hlaing will be removed and that a counter-coup is looming.

The sources said the former president’s trip may have raised suspicions among some leaders of the current regime, especially Min Aung Hlaing.
“Since then he no longer trusts anyone. He’s afraid of being removed,” a source said. The new security arrangements came just days before the SAC announced that Min Aung Hlaing had assumed the position of Myanmar’s acting president. Critics said the move was unconstitutional, and it has raised anger and strong reactions among the public as well as in the pro-military camp.

In 2002, Than Shwe placed former Myanmar dictator and ex-general Ne Win under house arrest, along with his grandsons and his favorite daughter and son-in-law, on charges of attempting to stage a coup and split the armed forces.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/mya...lance.html

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Rebels With a Cause: Myanmar’s Resistance Adds an Unlikely Revenue Stream. Resistance fighters are attacking the junta with a new eponymous weapon: Rebels green tea.

The revolutionary product was introduced early this month by the Loikaw People’s Defense Force (PDF), an armed resistance group in Lokaw, the capital of the southeastern state of Karenni.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/reb...tream.html

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KIA: 200 Myanmar Junta Positions Siezed in Four Months. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies have seized over 200 Myanmar junta positions in Kachin State in four months, according to its information officer, Colonel Naw Bu. The KIA and its allies on March 7 attacked more than 10 junta outposts along the Bhamo-Myitkyina road.

On April 1 the armed group seized Sinlum Bum, an important base controlling the 60km road between Bhamo and Lwegel for more than 60 years from which it shelled KIA-controlled Mai Ja Yang town. The KIA occupied Lwegel, one of five trade towns along the Chinese border, on April 8.
On April 1 the armed group seized Sinlum Bum, an important base controlling the 60km road between Bhamo and Lwegel for more than 60 years from which it shelled KIA-controlled Mai Ja Yang town.

The KIA occupied Lwegel, one of five trade towns along the Chinese border, on April 8.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...onths.html

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The KIA and its allies on March 7 attacked more than 10 junta outposts along the Bhamo-Myitkyina road.On April 1 the armed group seized Sinlum Bum, an important base controlling the 60km road between Bhamo and Lwegel for more than 60 years from which it shelled KIA-controlled Mai Ja Yang town. The KIA occupied Lwegel, one of five trade towns along the Chinese border, on April 8.On April 1 the armed group seized Sinlum Bum, an important base controlling the 60km road between Bhamo and Lwegel for more than 60 years from which it shelled KIA-controlled Mai Ja Yang town.

The KIA occupied Lwegel, one of five trade towns along the Chinese border, on April 8.
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200 Junta Positions Siezed in 4-Months. Kachin Independence Army (KIA) & its allies have seized over 200 Myanmar junta positions in Kachin State its info officer, Colonel Naw Bu.
https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/war-again...onths.html
“Sumprabum a key town to control the Myitkyina-Putao route,” Col Naw Bu said. KIA is currently fighting at the Light Infantry Battalion 437 HQ in Momauk town, a link between state capital Myitkyina and Bhamo, the 2nd-biggest Kachin town. It is last base in Momauk the junta has responded with airstrikes.“Our troops can move freely in Momauk but are still attacking Battalion 437 near the town,” the colonel added.

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YANGON: Fighters from Myanmar's most powerful ethnic minority armed group have moved into a strategic town fought over by the junta and another ethnic armed group for weeks, they and the military said on Sunday (July 28). Myanmar ethnic armed group moves into strategic northern town. Fighting has rocked Lashio in northern Shan state since early this month after the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) renewed an offensive against the military.

On Thursday the MNDAA claimed it had captured the town of around 150,000 people and the military's northeastern command there -- a claim denied by the junta. On Saturday the United Wa State Army (UWSA) -- another ethnic minority armed group with greater manpower -- moved personnel into Lashio to "protect" its properties there, its spokesman told AFP.

The UWSA is best-equipped of Myanmar's dozen or so ethnic rebel groups, with close ties to China, analysts say supplies much of its weaponry.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...thern-town