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Shan State
![Myanmar Resistance Group Claims Capture of Ruby-Mining Town Myanmar Resistance Group Claims Capture of Ruby-Mining Town](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-25-043632.jpg)
Myanmar Resistance Group Claims Capture of Ruby-Mining Town
By Sebastian Strangio
The Three Brotherhood Alliance resistance group continues to press forward with the second phase of its Operation 1027 offensive.
![Myanmar Armed Groups Extend Ceasefire at China’s Urging Myanmar Armed Groups Extend Ceasefire at China’s Urging](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-17-020628.jpg)
Myanmar Armed Groups Extend Ceasefire at China’s Urging
By Sebastian Strangio
The Three Brotherhood Alliance has agreed to hold its fire in northern Shan State until the end of the month.
![Myanmar Junta’s No. 2 Visits China Amid ‘Intense’ Fighting Myanmar Junta’s No. 2 Visits China Amid ‘Intense’ Fighting](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-07-07-021407.jpg)
Myanmar Junta’s No. 2 Visits China Amid ‘Intense’ Fighting
By Sebastian Strangio
Vice-Senior Gen. Soe Win's visit comes shortly after the Three Brotherhood Alliance of ethnic armed groups resumed their offensive in Shan State.
![Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-05-214601.jpg)
Fighting Erupts in Myanmar’s Shan State as Armed Groups Resume Offensive
By Sebastian Strangio
The Three Brotherhood Alliance has launched the second phase of its Operation 1027 offensive, attacking regime positions across northern Shan.
![Mapping Territorial Control in Post-Coup Myanmar: Flawed by Design? Mapping Territorial Control in Post-Coup Myanmar: Flawed by Design?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-08-013841.jpg)
Mapping Territorial Control in Post-Coup Myanmar: Flawed by Design?
By Han Ya
Attempts to map the areas controlled by the military junta and its various opponents frequently obscure more than they reveal.
![Myanmar Military, Resistance Alliance Sign China-Brokered Agreement Myanmar Military, Resistance Alliance Sign China-Brokered Agreement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-03-04-010148.jpg)
Myanmar Military, Resistance Alliance Sign China-Brokered Agreement
By Sebastian Strangio
The two sides have promised to pull back forces from frontline positions and safeguard Chinese interests in northern Shan State.
![Myanmar Military Tribunal Sentences Brigadier Generals to Death for Kokang Surrender Myanmar Military Tribunal Sentences Brigadier Generals to Death for Kokang Surrender](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-01-04-220556.jpg)
Myanmar Military Tribunal Sentences Brigadier Generals to Death for Kokang Surrender
By Sebastian Strangio
The sentences come at a time of growing discontent with the leadership of junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.
![Myanmar Military Breaks China-Brokered Ceasefire, Resistance Groups Say Myanmar Military Breaks China-Brokered Ceasefire, Resistance Groups Say](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-05-214601.jpg)
Myanmar Military Breaks China-Brokered Ceasefire, Resistance Groups Say
By Sebastian Strangio
The collapse of the agreement brokered in Kunming on Friday demonstrates the limits of Chinese influence in northern Myanmar.
![Myanmar Junta Forces in Laukkai Surrender to MNDAA, Reports Claim Myanmar Junta Forces in Laukkai Surrender to MNDAA, Reports Claim](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-22-053741.jpg)
Myanmar Junta Forces in Laukkai Surrender to MNDAA, Reports Claim
By Sebastian Strangio
If confirmed, the fall of the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone would mark a significant defeat for the military junta that seized power in February 2021.
![Rights Group Accuses Myanmar Rebel Outfit of Forced Recruitment Rights Group Accuses Myanmar Rebel Outfit of Forced Recruitment](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-22-053741.jpg)
Rights Group Accuses Myanmar Rebel Outfit of Forced Recruitment
By Sebastian Strangio
The allegations raise questions about the MNDAA's relationship to the country's broader anti-junta resistance movement.
![Myanmar Resistance Forces Seize Another China Border Crossing Myanmar Resistance Forces Seize Another China Border Crossing](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-11-08-221748.jpg)
Myanmar Resistance Forces Seize Another China Border Crossing
By Sebastian Strangio
The MNDAA's reported capture of the Yanlonkyaing border gate marks a further step toward its reconquest of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State.
![Myanmar Ethnic Alliance Continues Gains, Despite China-Brokered Ceasefire Myanmar Ethnic Alliance Continues Gains, Despite China-Brokered Ceasefire](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-12-18-044134.jpg)
Myanmar Ethnic Alliance Continues Gains, Despite China-Brokered Ceasefire
By Sebastian Strangio
A day after Beijing announced the negotiated ceasefire, resistance forces were reported to have seized a key town and border trade zone.
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