Timeline of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

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The following is a timeline of major events during the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), following the 2021 military coup d'état and protests. It was also a renewed intensity of the existing Myanmar conflict.

2021

March

  • 13 March – The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) attacks a military base in Mogaung Township, triggering a counterattack from the junta involving helicopters. Four children are injured in Nant Haing village.[1]
  • 14 March – Hlaingthaya massacre- Protestors in Hlaingthaya Township's Hlaing River Road, a major thoroughfare, set up cement and sandbag barriers. Approximately 200 soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Nyunt Win Swe of the Myanmar Army Yangong Command breached the barriers and began kettling protestors killing at least 78 protestors and injuring 20.[2][3]
  • 25 March – The KIA seizes the military base of Alaw Bum near the town of Laiza during the Battle of Alaw Bum airbase.[4]
  • 27 March – The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) attacks a military base, killing 10 soldiers and taking others hostages in the first attack on the military since the protests began.[5]
  • 28 March –
    • Dozens of protesters travel to Myanmar's border areas to enlist in and train under one of the country's many insurgent groups,[6] elevating the risk of a countrywide civil war.[7]
    • The first day of openly armed resistance against the coup where armed protesters in the town of Kalay fought back against soldiers and security forces attacking a protest camp, with clashes also taking place in villages in Kale township.[8]
  • 30 March –
    • The Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw proposes the formation of a "federal armed force" to combat the military.[9]
    • The Arakan Army (AA) threatens to end its ceasefire with the military should the latter "persist in massacring civilians".[10]
    • Protesters increasingly begin arming themselves with homemade weapons such as guns in an attempt to defend themselves against attacks by the military. Simultaneously, clashes with soldiers and IED attacks against administrative buildings and police stations became more common as the trend of protesters using armed resistance rose.[11]

April

May

  • 5 May – The National Unity Government declared the formation of an armed wing, the People's Defence Force (PDF) to protect its supporters from military junta attacks and as a first step towards a Federal Union Army.[19]
  • 23 May – The People's Defence Force clashed with the Tatmadaw in the town of Muse on 23 May, killing at least 13 members of Myanmar's security forces.[20][21]
  • 26 May –
  • 29 and 30 May – The Tatmadaw used artillery and helicopters to strike PDF and KPDF positions in Loikaw and Demoso.[26]
  • 30 May – The Kachin Independence Army joined the anti-coup People's Defence Force battling junta troops in Katha Township, killing eight regime soldiers. Fighting was also continuing in Putao, Hpakant and Momauk Township.[27]

June

  • 1 to 3 June – Fighting erupted in Myawaddy District in which the military and Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) battling against a combined force of Karen ethnic armed groups and PDF had left dozens of junta troops killed.[28]
  • 5 June –
  • 6 June –
  • 22 June – Junta forces using armoured vehicles raided a safehouse of the PDF in Mandalay, detaining a number of fighters.[30]
  • 30 June – Junta releases 2,296 detainees, including journalists and protestors. Most detainees released were arrested due to the protests and more than 4,000 prisoners remain detained from protest arrests.[31]

July

  • 2 July – Media reported that Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta in the central town of Tabayin.[32]
  • 19 to 30 July – Myanmar's healthcare system collapses at the onset of a new wave of COVID-19 cases as oxygen supplies run low. The junta restricts the private sale of oxygen tanks to prevent healthcare workers participating in civil disobedience from providing free care to other civilians.[33] Protesting doctors are arrested by the junta after being lured out of hiding to treat "patients".[34]

August

  • 1 August – Min Aung Hlaing extends state of emergency, saying it could last until August 2023 and named himself the new Prime Minister of Myanmar[35]
  • 3 August – The United States charges two Myanmar citizens over an alleged plot to hire hitmen and assassinate Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar's representative to the United Nations who defied the military coup earlier in 2021. The junta denies involvement.[36]
  • 5 August – Chin National Army (CNA) captures the final junta base in Thantlang, warning the remaining junta soldiers in the town to surrender.[37]
  • 11 August – Five people jump from a four-story building in Botahtaung Township, Yangon to escape raiding junta soldiers. The raid came after suspicions about a series of blasts in downtown Yangon.[38]
  • 16 August – Wa National Party chairman resigns after pledging to cooperate with the military regime and welcoming the election announced by the junta.[39]
  • 20 August – 50 junta soldiers were reportedly killed in a series of landmine attacks by resistance fighters in Gangaw Township.[40]

September

  • 7 September – The NUG declared a state emergency across the nation and launched a people's defensive war against the military junta.[41][42]
  • 10 September – At least 17 people have been killed during clashes between the military and resistance militia in Myin Thar village, Magway region.[43]
  • 14 September – The National Unity Government claimed that over 1700 junta soldiers had been killed and 630 wounded in fighting during the previous three months.[44]
  • 21 September – Over 40 junta soldiers were reported killed during firefights in Kayah State and the Sagaing Region on 19 September. At least 6 civilian fighters were also killed in the clashes.[45]
  • 22 September – It was reported that nearly 8,000 residents of Thantlang town, Chin state, fled to Mizoram, India after houses were set ablaze by the junta army.[46]
  • 27 September – Over 30 junta soldiers and at least 14 civilian resistance fighters were reported killed in clashes over the previous weekend in several townships in Sagaing Region and Chin and Kayah States.[47]
  • 28 September – At least 20 junta soldiers were reported killed in ambushes in Shan state. At least 4 resistance fighters died in the clashes, along with an unarmed 70-year-old civilian.[48]

October

  • 6 October – Over 40 junta soldiers were killed in ambushes in Gangaw Township, Magwe Region.[49]
  • 7 October – Junta controlled media reported at least 406 junta informants had been killed and 285 wounded since 1 February in targeted attacks by resistance forces.[50]
    • The same day, Brigadier-General Phyo Thant, a senior commander of the North-western junta forces was reportedly detained after allegedly contacting resistance forces with the intention to defect, making him the highest-ranking official to have attempted to defect so far.[51]
  • 11 October – Around 90 junta soldiers were reported killed in clashes in the Sagaing and Magwe regions, and Kayah State in fighting over the previous weekend.[52]

November

  • 16 November – Junta forces overrun a Kalay PDF base in Kalay. They capture 9 Kalay PDF medics and kill 2 PDF fighters from the Kalay PDF Battalion 3.[53]
  • 17 November – Junta forces ambush and capture an outpost of the Moebye PDF in southern Shan State's Pekhon Township. The PDF fighters guarding the outpost were asleep when a military unit from Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 422, surrounded the fighters and began their ambush. The fighters had to retreat from the outpost.[54]
  • 23 November – A total of 30 junta soldiers in 10 military vehicles and a bulldozer ambush and destroy a base belonging to Monywa PDF's Squadron 205 near Palin village in Monywa, Sagaing Region, forcing resistance fighters to flee and retaking Palin. The base was a site where the PDF produced explosive devices. During the raid, junta troops set fire to two workshops where weapons had been stockpiled.[55]
  • 25 November –
    • Light Infantry Battalion 427 ambushes and kills 4 resistance fighters from KNDF at around 5:30 am near Hohpeik, Demoso Township. The fighters were part of a six-person scouting team.[56]
    • KIA clashes with around 100 junta soldiers near Kachinthay, a village about 16 km east of the town of Shwegu, after an alleged bombardment of a Kachin village by the junta's recently acquired Su-30 fighter jets. The KIA refused to address rumours of them working with PDF forces or to provide casualty figures.[57]
    • Matupi CDF teams up with the Chin National Army to attack an outpost of Light Infantry Battalion 304 on the Matupi-Paletwa road. However, they only managed to kill 2 junta soldiers on guard duty before having to retreat.[58]
  • 26 November – Resistance fighters from the CDF attack a government office where 10 soldiers were stationed near Matupi, killing 2.[58]
  • 28 November – The body of Ye Thu Naing, a PDF fighter previously captured 19 November by junta forces, was found outside of a destroyed PDF base in the forested hills in southeastern Madaya Township. Ye Thu Naing was allegedly forced to lead soldiers to the PDF base that the junta soldiers then torched.[59]

December

See also: Mo So massacre
  • 1 December –
    • About 50 soldiers from Tatmadaw's Infantry Battalion 42 attack KIA territory near Nyaung Htauk village in Mohnyin Township from 8 am to 6 pm. The KIA did not disclose casualties
    • Another clash occurs near Wailon village, on the Hpakant-Mohnyin road. The junta fired around 30 artillery shells at the site of the clash between 3 pm and 8 pm to support the advance of their infantry unit.[60]
  • 7 December – Salingyi G-Z Local PDF fighters detonate explosives in an attack against a military convoy, triggering an assault on the village of Done Taw in Salingyi Township, Sagaing. 10 fighters and one civilian are captured and burned by junta soldiers, with locals finding the bodies shortly after.[61]
  • 8 December – A 90-minute clash breaks out between the CDF and Tatmadaw forces in military-occupied town of Thantlang. 3 CDF fighters reportedly died during the clash. Well over a quarter of Thantlang's buildings were destroyed in this and 11 other incidents, making it difficult for CDF rebels to hide.[62]
  • 9 December – Myaing PDF in Magway Region attacks two military vehicles with 3 handmade explosives in an early morning ambush. Later at noon, PDF attack soldiers again who were leaving Mintharkya village on foot, sparking a shootout. The PDF claim to have injured at least 3 soldiers in total.[63]
  • 12 December –
    • 4 junta soldiers are allegedly killed after 4 days of fierce fighting between KNDF and Karenni Army (KA) fighters and the military's Light Infantry Battalion 428.[64]
    • The Tatmadaw forces kill 4 PDF-appointed community guards and 3 PDF fighters in the village of Guang Kwe, Sagaing during two days of fighting, forcing the PDF to retreat.[65]
    • Tatmadaw troops raids two resistance hideouts in Maha Aung Myay and Pyigyitagon townships after a confession by a suspect involved in an attack against Tatmadaw troops. Fighting occurred at the Maha Aung Myay base and 7 PDF members were killed and a junta soldier suffered injuries. In Pyigyitagon, 1 PDF fighter was killed while throwing a homemade bomb at junta forces and running away.[66]
  • 13 December –
    • Tatmadaw troops attack PDF fighters and another group called Zayar 7 in Ke Bar village, Ayadaw Township with the help of artillery bombardment, forcing the resistance fighters to retreat.[67]
    • Tatmadaw soldiers capture 12 suspected resistance fighters after several bombs accidentally explode in Yangon's Hlaingthaya Township. 2 additional fighters who escaped were also captured later on by plain clothed Tatmadaw troops.[68]
    • Tatmadaw forces surround a Depayin Township PDF base. Their leader tells Myanmar NOW, "Things are really bad here. They're not even stopping anymore. They keep sending column after column to the region. Right after a column has passed the village, another column will come".[69]
  • 14 December – Around 200 Tatmadaw soldiers conduct a search in the KNLA Brigade 6 controlled town of Lay Kay Kaw Myothit near the Thai border and arrest several people believed to be linked to anti-junta movements including NLD lawmaker, Wai Lin Aung. KNU Brigade 6 spokesperson did not comment on if the group had authorised the raid.[70]
  • 17 December –
    • 20 resistance fighters from Yaw Defence Force are killed by surprise Tamadaw air assault on the village of Hnan Khar, Gangaw Township whilst they were holding a meeting. Three helicopters were involved in the air assault on the village. Military-backed Pyusawhti militia then occupy the village.[71]
    • Phyo Maung Maung Oo, a PDF resistance fighter, is shot dead and three others captured during a raid in Yangon Region's Thanlyin Township.[72]
  • 20 December – Tatmadaw forces leave the village of Kunnar, Loikaw Township after capturing it from KNDF late last week. According to a KNDF soldier, there were around 130 troops stationed there over the weekend and there had been no new clashes since last week's fighting.[73]
  • 22 December – At least nine people, including two children, were killed after an air raid by the Myanmar Air Force in Gangaw Township. As many as five helicopters fired on the village of about 6,000 people.[74]
  • 24 December – More than 35 people are massacred when their travel convoy is ambushed by junta troops near Mo So village of Hpruso Township, Kayah State. Two workers for non-profit group Save the Children remain missing after the attack.[75] The United Nations is 'horrified' and calls for a 'thorough and transparent investigation' into the incident.[75]

2022

January

  • 7 January – Intense fighting breaks out in Loikaw, the Kayah State Capital between KNDF and junta troops as resistance groups attempt to take the city after one month of blocking junta road access to the entire state.[76]
  • 10 January – Myanmar military begins bombing Loikaw from the air forcing thousands of locals to flee the city and seek shelter in churches. Junta helicopters regain control of roads to other parts of Kayah State.[76]
  • 13 January – Maung Maung Kyaw is removed as the head of the Myanmar Air Force after international attention and sanctions from a series of aerial bombings. He remains on the junta.[77]
  • 17 January – Junta airstrikes an IDP camp in Kayah State sheltering civilians fleeing intensified fighting in southeastern Myanmar.[78]
  • 31 January – At least three dozen junta soldiers were reportedly killed in ambushes over three days in Magwe, Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions and Chin, Shan and Kayah states.[79]

February

  • 1 February – At least 30 junta soldiers and Pyusawhti militias members area killed by joint PDF attacks in Kani Township, Sagaing Region. Flotillas transporting supplies and soldiers by the junta are ambushed, with at least one flotilla set on fire during the attacks.[80]
  • 2 February –
    • 2 people are killed and 38 injured in a grenade attack following a pro junta rally.[81]
    • According to Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, 367 junta-appointed officials have been assassinated in targeted attacks since 2021's 1 February coup.[82]
  • 4 February – Junta troops carries out a sneak attack on an Arakan Army outpost near Maungdaw in Rakhine State, killing an AA sentry.
  • 6 February – A three-hour clash between Arakan Army and the Junta starts a breakdown of the informal ceasefire between the AA and the military in place since November 2020.[83]
  • 7 February – 38 junta soldiers are killed in surprise attacks by local PDFs in the Sagaing Region. These attacks also include the use of drones.[84] The Kachin Independence Army also claimed that around 200 junta soldiers, including a battalion commander, had been killed in three days of clashes in the Hpakant Township, Kachin State.[85]
  • 8 February – Arakan Army and junta forces clash on at least two occasions in Maungdaw in Rakhine State. Three hours of clashes were also reported on 6 February. The clashes raise fears of a breakdown of the informal ceasefire between the AA and the military which has been in place since November 2020.[83] Two civilians were also reported killed in further clashes in northern Maungdaw on the night of 7 February.[86]
    • 35 junta soldiers are killed in attacks by local PDFs in the Sagaing and Bago regions.[87] Resistance forces also began targeting the homes of junta pilots in Yangon in response to airstrikes on civilians.[88]
  • 10 February – Around 50 Myanmar junta personnel are killed during raids and ambushes by PDFs in three townships in Sagaing Region on 9 February.[89]
  • 11 February – Several junta troops, including a Major, are killed in an attack by the Arakan Army in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on 8 February.[90] 38 junta soldiers and 5 resistance fighters were also reported killed in clashes in Sagaing Region and Kayah State on 10 and 11 February.[91]
  • 12 February – 40 junta troops had been killed in attacks by PDF forces over two days. The clashes occurred in the Naypyitaw, Magwe, Sagaing, Mandalay and Yangon regions.[92]
  • 17 February – At least 12 resistance fighters are killed in clashes in the Khin-U Township, Sagaing Region. Military casualties from those clashes were not reported.[93]
  • 18 February – Around 20 junta soldiers and 20 resistance fighters are killed in clashes in Mobye town, southern Shan State.[94]

March

  • March – The junta carries out repeated air bombing and looting of villages in Shan and Kayah State, attacking civilians, in what Amnesty International later accuses the junta of Collective Punishment[95]
  • 7 March – Around 85 junta soldiers were reportedly killed during two clashes with local PDFs and Karenni forces in Demoso Township, Kayah State, during the previous weekend, with at least two junta soldiers captured.[96]
  • 21 March –
    • Brigade 6 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) stormed and occupied a Tatmadaw camp in the village of Maw Khi in Wallay Myaing subtownship, Myawaddy District, Kayin State in the evening. The Maw Khi camp is located about 50 miles south of Myawaddy, about three miles from the Burmese-Thai border.[97]
    • 8 junta soldiers were reported killed in mine attacks by local resistance forces in the Magwe region.[98]
  • 28 March – Min Aung Hlaing vowed to "annihilate" opposition forces.[99]
  • 30 March – Around 20 junta soldiers were reported killed in ambushes targeting junta convoys in Mindat township, Chin state.[100]

April

  • 14 April – Fighting breaks out in parts of Loikaw City on 14 April.[101] Recent combat in Kayin state resulted in a marked increase in refugees on the Thai border.[102]
  • 15 April – Junta soldiers suffer at least 30 casualties after being pushed back by the KNLA at the battle for Lay Kay Kaw.[103]
  • 19 April – 30 junta soldiers are killed in two ambushes by local resistance forces in Pale Township, Sagaing Region.[104]
  • 21 April –
    • 2 junta officers and 24 men working for the military council's electricity department were arrested by KNDF forces in southern Shan State's Pekhon Township.[105]
    • A local defence force based in Tanintharyi Region's Kawthaung District claim that they managed to kill three Myanmar army soldiers, confiscate weapons and occupy a police station in the area.[106]
  • 27 April – Chinland Defense Force fighters from Matupi reportedly ambush a 70 vehicle Tatmadaw column between Matupi and Kyauktaw, resulting in the deaths of 8 junta soldiers.[107]

May

June

July

  • 6 July – the Karen National Union stated that roughly 2,200 junta soldiers and militiamen had been killed since January 2022.[113] Around 40 junta soldiers and 11 PDF fighters were also reported killed in clashes in Pekon township, Shan state.[114]
  • 23 July – the State Administration Council announced that it had executed four political prisoners, including Zayar Thaw and Kyaw Min Yu, marking the first time the death penalty had been carried out in Myanmar since the late 1980s.[115][116] The event was widely seen as provocative escalation by the Burmese military in the ongoing conflict.[117][118] The international community, including United Nations Secretary-General, the G7 nations, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the European Union strongly condemned the executions.[119][120]

August

September

See also: Let Yet Kone massacre

October

See also: Hpakant massacre
  • 8 October – Junta forces torch at least 20 villages in Sagaing and Magway regions in implement its "four cuts" strategy of attacking civilian houses to weaken anti-regime movements. However, according to Sagaing-based resistance spokespeople, people who lose everything in these torchings joined the resistance[133]
  • Mid-October – NUG releases a statement calling for the victory of the Spring Revolution by the end of 2023. This call to action is followed by increased fighting in urban areas and in Southeastern Myanmar with resistance forces.[134]
  • 21 October –
  • 22 October – In the evening, KNLA-led troops retreat from Kawkareik after what appeared to be the first seizure of a major city. Fighting in the area continues.[134]
  • 23 October – over 80 people were killed by an airstrike in Hpakant Township, Northern Myanmar during a celebration for the 62nd founding anniversary of the Kachin Independence Organization. It becomes the single deadliest attack on civilians (hence the term Hpakant massacre) since the start of the renewed civil war. The Junta denied there being civilian casualties while the United Nations condemned the attack. Reportedly among the dead was a singer and keyboard player performing at the event.[138]
  • 27 October –

November

December

  • 6 December – Karenni Nationalities Defence Force soldiers capture three junta officers and a soldier responsible for the Mo So massacre in 2021.[154]
  • 7 December – Myanmar army launches a ground offensive against the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) in Namhsan Township starting the Battle of Namhsan.[155]
  • 13 December – Myanmar army utilises aerial bombs in clashes with the TNLA in the Battle of Namhsan.[156]
  • 16 December – The BURMA Act is passed in the US authorising sanctions on individuals involved in the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, support to civil society and humanitarian assistance as well as a position within the State Department dedicated to democracy in Burma.[157][158]
  • 17 December – Junta retreats from the Battle of Namhsan after suffering 98 casualties and issues a statement claiming the attack was a misunderstanding and that they reached an agreement with the TNLA. The TNLA rejects the statement.[159]
  • 27 December – Junta soldiers hide in civilian trucks impersonating workers to ambush local defence forces in Shwebo Township.[160]
  • 29 December – Several high-ranking former government officials of Ayeyarwady Region are released from house arrest including former chief minister Hla Moe Aung[161]
  • 30 December – Aung San Suu Kyi is sentenced to 33 years in prison for corruption.[162]

2023

January

  • 5 January – Clashes between PDF forces near Inle Lake and the Pa-O National Organisation (PNO) break out after the PNO attempted to force villages in the area to each provide a speedboat and a Pyusawhti militia recruit.[163]
  • 19 January – the military launches air strikes at Moe Tarr Lay, Katha Township, Sagaing Region during a neighbourhood donation ceremony, killing seven civilians.[164]
  • 31 January – The junta-run Ministry of Home Affairs issues a directive permitting citizens deemed "loyal to the state" to obtain firearm licences and permits.[165] To be eligible, citizens must be at least 18 and demonstrate a need for "personal safety".[165]

February

  • 7 February – The National Defence and Security Council extends the country's state of emergency and the military junta's term by an additional six months.[166]
  • 23 February – Martial law is extended to 3 additional townships in Sagaing Region.[167] The Myanmar Army's 99th Light Infantry Division (LID) launches a new offensive against villages in Sagaing Region to suppress the anti-military resistance.[168]
  • 26 February – After a fight with local resistance forces in the village of Kandaw, four village fighters, including two teenagers, are decapitated.[169]

March

See also: Tar Taing massacre and Pinlaung massacre
  • 2 March – 99th LID troops execute 17 villagers during the Tar Taing massacre in Sagaing Region, including two men who are decapitated, and three women who are raped before they are killed.[170]
  • 11 March – Army troops execute at least 30 villagers during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, including 3 Buddhist monks[171]
  • 23 March – Combined Chin resistance consisting of CNA, CNDF, and CDFs conducted multiple ambushes on a regime convoy between Kalay, Falam and Hakha. The convoy consisted of at least 30 vehicles, including two armoured cars, and were carrying troops, equipment and food supplies.[172] The resistance forces destroyed three vehicles, stopped the convoy and seized the two armoured vehicles. The NUG awarded the combined Chin forces four hundred million kyat for seizing the two armoured vehicles.[173]
  • 24 March – CNA and CDF-Mautpi ambush another junta convoy carrying 80 troops on the road between Matupi and Paletwa, leaving the convoy with only about 50 troops, a dozen among whom were injured.[174]

April

See also: Pazigyi massacre
  • Early April – the Kawthoolei Army (KTLA) launches an offensive on the Karen State Border Guard Force (BGF)-held Shwe Kokko in retaliation for the imprisonment and killing of the group's spokesperson by the BGF. They reportedly capture 5 BGF bases.[175]
  • 5 April – During a clash between PDF near Than Bo village, Nawnghkio Township, a civilian house was destroyed by an artillery shell fired by junta forces. 11-month old Sai War War Tun and 14-year old Nang Ma Aye were killed and their parents were injured.[176]
  • 8 April – The KTLA's offensive begins to stall. After junta/BGF counterattacks, the KTLA had to retreat, receiving heavy losses. In response, the Karen National Union (KNU) stated they were not informed of the attack, nor did they approve it. Later, the KNU would state that they would not accept the KTLA in KNU-held territory.[177]
  • 10 April – CNDF attacks a junta base near Varr village on the Kalay-Falam Road in Falam Township, killing eleven regime soldiers, capturing fourteen, and seizing weapons and ammunition.[178]
  • 11 April – Myanmar Air Force bombs a gathering celebrating the opening of a People's Administration Office in Pazigyi, Kantbalu Township, Sagaing Region killing at least 120 civilians, including several children.[179]
  • 17 April – A combined PDF force led by Yinmabin District's PDF Battalion 1 seized a junta base on Tower Taing hill in Kani Township, killing 30 soldiers from the base and seizing around 16 weapons including automatic rifles and grenade launchers as well as ammunition, while only about 3 remaining junta soldiers from the base escaped.[180][181]

May

  • 14 May – Cyclone Mocha hits Myanmar; the SAC declared the majority of Rakhine State and four townships in Chin State as disaster areas staffed by military officers. Although the NUG and Arakan Army appealed to foreign donors to help, all aid is screened by the Junta.[182]

June

  • 1 June – NUG announces the formation of the PDF's first battalion in Yangon Region- Battalion 5101.[183]
  • 18 June – A combined force of PDF and KNLA take control of the No. 8 Union Highway, installing checkpoints and arresting junta personnel.[184]
  • 19 June – The Urban Owls guerilla group assassinates Ye Khaing, the operations director and head of security of Yangon International Airport and a former air force major was assassinated outside his house at Mingaladon Township, Yangon. Ye Khaing was accused of providing information to the junta, detaining anti-junta activists at Myanmar's primary international airport.[185] Urban Owls also claimed that Ye Khaing was a confidante of Steven Law, the owner of Asia World Company, which operates the airport, and is a major supporter of the regime in connection with the second-in-command, Senior General Soe Win.[186]
  • 22 June – Ye Belu attacks a junta security checkpoint at Chaung Taung bridge, killing four soldiers and one official working for the junta's Ministry of Immigration and Population in Lamaing.[187]
  • 26 June – Ye Belu assassinates a Pyusawhti militia leader in Duya, Ye Township[188]
  • 27 June – All administration offices in three Ye Township places- Lamaing, Khawzar and Ye- close down.[189]
  • 28 June – Ye Belu ambushes an army convoy from the junta's No. 19 Military Operations Command, killing five soldiers and injuring others.[190]

July

August

  • 10 August – Junta forces and a coalition of several rebel groups clash at Thandaung, near Nay Pyi Taw. The rebel forces aim to capture the 606th Light Infantry Division Headquarters.[194]
  • 26 August –
  • 27 August –
    • 11 resistance groups, including PDF groups and the Civilian's Defense and Security Organization of Myaung, jointly conduct drone strikes in Sagaing Township in the early morning killing 17 soldiers.
    • Dawei Defense Team attacks a junta unit of 80 troops in Launglon Township, Tanintharyi Tegion, using land mines in the shootout.[195]
  • 29 August – Tavoy People Liberation Force attacks and kill three junta soldiers at a military checkpoint in Yebyu Township, Tanintaryi Region.[195]

September

  • 3 September – Cobra Column, a resistance group active in Southern Myanmar, attacks the township administrative office in Myawaddy twice using drones. Five people, including a policeman and a high-ranking military official, were killed and 11 were severely wounded.[196]
  • 15 September – The Northern Thandaung Defense Force and the Lethal Prop drone unit attack the Aye Lar military base near the Nay Pyi Taw International Airport with 2 makeshift bombs. It was the first documented drone attack by resistance forces on an airbase.[197]

October

Main article: Laiza massacre
  • 9 October – The Myanmar military launched an artillery attack targeting Laiza, a town in northern Myanmar that serves as the capital of the Kachin Independence Army. The attack hit Monlaike, an IPD camp located two miles away from Laiza, killing at least 29 civilians, and multiple were injured, including 13 children.[198]
  • 27 October –
Main article: Operation 1027

November

Operation 1027 as of February 2024
  • 1 November –
  • 3 November – Operation 1027 – TNLA seizes a suspension bridge over the Shweli River near Namkham. Battle of Namkham starts[208]
  • 6 November –
    • Operation 1027 – The district-level capital town Kawlin falls to combined AA, KIA and PDF forces[209]
    • Operation 1027 – Namkham falls under limited TNLA control.[210]
  • 7 November –
Main article: Operation 1107
  • Operation 1107 is launched by KNPLF, KA and KNDF seizing border posts in Mese Township, Kayah State (including Pantein).[211][212]
  • Operation 1027 – Khampat in Tamu Township, western Sagaing Region is taken by PDF forces.[213]
  • Operation 1027 – Brigadier General Aung Kyaw Lwin is killed in a battle in Kunlong Township where coalition forces attacked Panlong base.[214]
  • Operation 1027 – MNDAA took control of Monekoe and Kunlong town.[215][216]
  • Operation 1027 – A firefight between TNLA and SSPP/SSA-N soldiers, reportedly stemming from reasons unrelated to Operation 1027, resulted in 4 deaths.[217]
  • 8 November- Operation 1027- TNLA and MDY-PDF attack the junta's base near the Goteik viaduct, seizing the key Goktwin bridge on the main highway from Mandalay to China.[218]
  • 11 November –
Main article: Operation 1111
    • Operation 1111 is launched by the KNDF, KA and other allied groups, to seize the Kayah State capital Loikaw.[219]
    • Operation 1111 – A Myanmar Air Force fighter jet crashes in Kayah State. The KNDF claims responsibility but it remains unclear if the crash was due to a technical failure.[220]
  • 12 November –
    • Operation 1027 – TNLA captures the Kyinti military base and a bridge near Hsipaw[221]
    • Operation 1027 – Light Infantry Battalion 129, comprising more than 200 soldiers and family members, surrenders to the MNDAA in Laukkaing Township, Shan State.[222][223]
  • 13 November –
    • Rakhine State – AA attacks two border guard stations in Rathedaung Township breaking the Rakhine State ceasefire agreement between the junta and AA.[224]
    • Chin State – Chin National Army captures town of Rikhawdar on India-Myanmar border after two days of battle.[225]
  • 14 November –
  • 15 November –
    • Operation 1111 – The KNDF takes control of Loikaw University. 110+ junta soldiers were killed during the two-day battle.[227]
  • 16 November –
    • AA takes control of Pauktaw, Rakhine a town very close to the Rakhine state capital Sittwe. The Myanmar Navy fires back with air support, hitting civilian houses with machine gun fire.[228]
    • Operation 1027 – Cybercrime ringleader Ming Xuechang and his family were arrested by Myanmar junta authorities and handed over to China. Ming Xuechang died in police custody.[229][230]
  • 18 November – The General Administration Department issued a local order to ban unauthorized drone flights and restrict the sale of drones and drone accessories in Yangon Region.[231]
  • 21 November – PDF-Zoland captures a junta base at Kennedy Peak in Tedim Township, Chin State.[232]
  • 23 November – A combined force of KNA(B) and PDFs captured a UNLF(PAMBEI) camp 2 miles east of Thanan village.[233]
  • 24 November – Civilians in Yangon close businesses early and students stop attending public high schools amidst nighttime armoured vehicle patrols and reports of forced conscription and robberies by military personnel. The military denies such report, although junta media sources claim civilians are being arrested for connections to the PDF.[234][235]
  • 25 November – Chin National Army captures town of Lailenpi in Matupi Township.[236]
  • 28 November –
    • Operation 1027 – Light Infantry Battalion 125, comprising 186 soldiers, surrenders to the MNDAA. MNDAA takes control of Konkyan Township.[237][222]
    • Operation 1027 – The Brotherhood Alliance claims that they have captured roads leading into Muse, which carried 98% of all cross-border trade with China, amounting to $2.2 billion in the six months to October.[238]
  • 29 November –

December

See also: Battle of Laukkai
  • 1 December – Battle of Laukkai – MNDAA starts penetrating the Tong Chain neighbourhood in southeastern Laukkai city, focusing fire on military targets as hundreds of civilians still remained trapped in the city. Chinese embassy in Yangon urges all citizens to leave the city.[241]
  • 3 December – Battle of Luakkai – MNDAA attacks military outpost on Four Buddhist Statues Hill immediately south of Laukkai. The battle lasted eight hours as the junta had a substantial presence on the hilltop base.[242]
  • 4 December –
    • Operation 1107: KNLA and local PDF units capture the town of Mone in Kyaukkyi Township, marking the first capture of a settlement in Bago Region.[243]
    • Battle of Luakkai – MNDAA attacks retreating junta soldiers who had abandoned positions in north of the city[242]
  • 5 December – Arakan Army captures Tarunaing military base in Paletwa Township.[244]
  • 6 December – Battle of Luakkai- MNDAA captures Four Buddhist Statues Hill, controlling all territory south of Laukkai and begin focusing on the city's north side.[245]
  • 11 December – China holds peace talks between the Tatmadaw and various rebel groups in the North, including the alliance, saying there were 'positive results'.[246]
  • 13 December – The Brotherhood Alliance announce that the peace talks in China "lasted only 10 minutes" and vowed to continue fighting.[247]
  • 15 December – Operation 1027 – TNLA captures town of Namhsan.[248]
  • 18 December – Battle of Laukkai resumes when the Myanmar Air Force carries out three airstrikes on MNDAA targets in Htin Par Keng, a village directly north of Laukkai's northern city gates.[249]
  • 19 December – Battle of Luakkai – MNDAA gains control of the Yanlonkyaing border gate, Border Point 122 on the Chinese border with Nansan, Yunnan, and Border Point 125, a smaller border crossing and site of an IDP camp with 30,000 people.[250]
  • 22 December – Operation 1027 – TNLA routs Light Infantry Battalion 130 and captures town of Mantong. The Pa Laung Self-Administered Zone is now fully controlled by the TNLA.[251]
  • 25 December – Battle of Luakkai – Junta airstrikes and artillery in Tong Chain, Laukkai city kill 8 civilians and injuring 24 .[252]
  • 26 December – Battle of Luakkai – Tatmadaw's 55th Light Infantry Division and local Border Guard Forces (BGF) surrender to the MNDAA, totalling 90 people, including BGF commander Bai Suocheng. After the surrender, the MNDAA takes over the police compound and begin patrolling the city.[253]
  • 27 December – KNLA-led forces take control of Nat Than Kwin in the Bago Region.[254]
  • 28 December – "Most" of Laukkai comes under MNDAA control, with junta forces largely abandoning the city.[252]
  • 29 December – A fierce firefight erupted between the Junta soldiers and rebels. As a result, 151 Junta soldiers crossed the border into Mizoram, India. They surrendered to Assam rifle forces, official report states that the soldiers will be repatriated back to Myanmar as soon as possible.[255]

2024

January

  • 4 January – Battle of Laukkai – Junta military personnel surrender their headquarters on 4 January and hand weapons and ammunition to MNDAA troops as they and their families evacuate the city. Up to 1000 regime troops, family and civil servants were evacuated to Lashio, which itself is surrounded by the Three Brotherhood Alliance.[256]
  • 5 January – The Battle of Laukkai ends, with the MNDAA gaining full control of Laukkai and the Kokang Self-Administered Zone.[257] According to the MNDAA, 2389 junta personnel and about 1600 family members laid down their arms and surrendered. A junta spokesperson stated that they made the decision prioritizing the safety of their families.[258] Surrendering personnel and families who had not already left the previous day are evacuated to Lashio.[259]
  • 7 January – Myanmar Air Force launched an air strike on the Kanan village in Tamu Township, killing least 17 civilians, including nine children, and injuring 20.[260][261][262] The military government denied it, claiming that it was false news.[263]
  • 8 January – Arakan Army captures the Taung Shey Taung base in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State. 200 junta troops surrender during this battle.[264]
  • 9 January – Arakan Army engages in several heavy clashes in Paletwa Township escalating attacks to target Paletwa, a strategic town in the Indo-Myanmar Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project.[264]
  • 12 January –
  • 13 January – TNLA reports that the junta breaks their ceasefire agreement with airstrikes in various townships in Northern Shan, including Lashio Township and Kyaukme Township.[267]
  • 15 January – Arakan Army captured the town of Paletwa in Chin State following fighting since 13 November 2023.[268]
  • 18 January – Fierce firefighting ensues between Junta forces and Arakan Army with AA capturing a town on the Mizoram-Myanmar border. 276 Myanmar soldiers, along with their arms and ammunition, reached Bandukbanga village on the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh border tripoint and surrendered to the Indian army.[269]
  • 19 January – Combined forces of the KIA, ABSDF, and Kachin PDF capture the town of Mongmit.[270]
  • 20 January –
    • The Indian Government decides to fence the 1,643 km border with Myanmar, the decision was made after the recent influx of refugees and junta soldiers about more than 600 surrendering to Indian forces.[271]
    • The Tatmadaw and the Pa-O National Army (PNA) engages in a firefight with the Pa-O National Liberation Army (PNLA) at Hopong Township after the former attempted to confiscate weapons from the latter's convoy, injuring some soldiers and PNA fighters while PNLA casualty figures remain unknown.[272]
    • KIA and allied forces captured the town of Mabein.[270]
  • 21 January – KIA captures the strategically significant Man Wein Gyi base, on the route from Ruili, China, to Namkham.[270]
  • 23 January – Deputy commander-in-chief Soe Win met with Karen BGF leader Colonel Saw Chit Thu in Hpa-an after the latter refused to come to the capital Naypyidaw and meet the junta.[273]
  • 24 January –
    • PNLA, local PDF forces, and the KNDF attack the PNO/Junta-controlled town of Hsi Hseng. The Tatmadaw responds with airstrikes and shelling.[274]
    • In Ye, Mon State, the PDF ambushes a vehicle belonging to the Junta-aligned Mon Peace Defense Force (MPDF). Three MPDF members were killed and two Type 56 AKs and an M79 grenade launcher are captured.[275]
    • KIA captures the village of Nam Hpat Kar after a month of fighting.[276]
  • 25 January –
  • 26 January – PNLA takes control of Hsi Hseng, Shan State.[278]
  • 29 January –
    • KNLA and PDF forces shot down a Tatmadaw Eurocopter AS365 with machine guns, sniper rifles, and RPGs as it was landing. Brigadier General Aye Min Naung of the 44th Light Infantry Division and the pilot were among the five recorded casualties.[279][280]
    • Arakan Army has reportedly seized the Junta's Light Infantry Battalion 380 headquarters in Minbya Township, Rakhine State.[281]
  • 30 January – On 30 January, PNLA forces are forced to temporarily withdraw from Hsi Hseng, recapturing the town shortly after.[282]
  • 31 January – A joint force led by Karen National Defence Organisation conducts a drone strike that killed two military commanders: Captain Zaw Win Naing of 32nd Infantry Division and Captain Wai Lin Soe of 585th Light Infantry Division in Htee Ka Pa Lel village, south of Myawaddy town.[283]

February

  • 1 February – Arakan Army has reportedly captured the Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 540 in Mrauk-U Township after heavy fighting.[284]
  • 2 February – KIA and PDF forces capture the Namtein outpost, threatening the road connecting Hpakant to the regional capital, Myitkyina.[285]
  • 5 February –
    • Myanmar Air Force bombs a school in Dawsiei village, Demoso Township, killing at least four children and injuring ten.[286]
    • A Bangladeshi woman and a Rohingya man died from a mortar shell that fell on the Ghumdum border in Bandarban, reportedly fired by Myanmar.[287]
  • 6 February – Combined forces of the KIA and PDF have seized two junta military outposts in Hpakant and Mansi townships in Kachin State.[288]
  • 7 February –
    • Arakan Army took control of Rakhine State's Minbya Township after capturing the last two military battalion headquarters in the township.[289]
    • The Arakan Army additionally captured the town of Kyauktaw, while heavy fighting continued in Mrauk U and Ramree.[290]
  • 9 February – The Tatmadaw and police abandons their posts in Myebon to report to Kyaukphyu on 9 February, leaving ammunition behind in their rush and abandoning the southern township of Mrauk-U District.[291]
  • 10 February –
    • Myanmar's junta announced a law requiring all men aged 18–35 and women aged 18–27 to serve at least two years under military command from 10 February onwards.[292]
    • Mrauk U was captured by the Arakan Army, with three Myanmar Navy landing craft reportedly being sunk.
  • 11 February – In response to the seizure of the three towns, the junta blows up the Kisapanadi bridge, which spans the Kaladan River in Kyauktaw Township at 8 p.m. Earlier that day, they also destroyed the Min Chaung bridge at the entrance to the state capital, Sittwe.[293]
  • 13 February – Anti-junta groups conceded that regime forces recaptured the town of Kawlin from the NUG.[294]
  • 14 February –
  • 15 February – The Arakan Army captured Myebon after junta forces abandoned it 6 days earlier.[300]
  • 18 and 19 February – 100 Rohingya men from four villages in Buthidaung Township are conscripted by the junta despite the draft only applying to citizens. The men undergo 14 days of basic training while the junta promises them ID cards, a bag of rice, and a monthly salary of US$41. Many Rohingya who successfully dodge the draft strive to join Arakan Army over ARSA or the RSO.[301][302] Simultaneously, junta officials threatened to revoke the citizenship of Kamein IDPs in Kyaukphyu if men between the ages of 18 and 55 did not form militias.[303]
  • 20 February –
  • 22 February –
    • Junta forces launched an offensive to recapture the town of Maw Luu, which had been captured by the KIA and ABSDF in December 2023.[306]
    • Clashes broke out east of Hopong after junta/PNA forces attacked PNLA forces. After several hours, junta forces were forced to retreat.[307]
  • 23 February –
    • SSPP and allied troops captured a military base between Hopong and Mong Pan.[308]
    • Clashes were reported at the Htam Sam cave between PNLA and the Junta, along the Taunggyi-Loilem road.[309]
    • KNLA/PDF ambush a junta convoy in Tanintharyi, killing 18 junta soldiers and capturing five vehicles, the deadliest attack on junta forces in Tanintharyi since 2021.[310]
  • 26 February – AA intensifies clashes on Ramree killing 80 junta soldiers over three days.[311]
  • 27 February –
    • The majority of homes in Kawlin are razed by junta forces.[312]
    • Local PDF and KNLA forces claim to have captured most of Myitta, Tanintharyi Region, 30 miles east of the region's capital Dawei.[313]
  • 28 February – AA captures the final junta outpost in Minbya Township, taking full control of the township.[314]
  • 29 February – An Indian delegation led by Parliament member K. Vanlalvena meets with members of the Arakan Army in Paletwa to discuss the continuation of the building of the Kaladan Road Project, alongside inspecting a section of the road.[315]

March

  • 2 March – The NMSP-AMD detained 3 leaders of local pro-junta "People's Militia Forces" in Karmarwet and Kawt Pi Htaw, Mudon Township, additionally seizing several weapons.[316]
  • 3 March – Junta soldiers based in Hsaik Hkawng and Bang Yin attack Hsi Hseng, entering the city.[317]
  • 4 March – After 3 days of attacks, the KIA captures three hilltop bases in Mansi Township.[318]
  • 4–5 March – In response to NMSP-AMD activity, the junta expanded their presence in Mudon and Kamarwet Townships, stationing 160 soldiers throughout both townships.[citation needed]
  • 5 March –
    • The Tatmadaw claim to have imposed martial law on three townships that were under the administrative and military control of the TNLA: Mantong Township, Namhsan Township, and Namtu Township. The announcement was interpreted by analysts as an attempt to "save face by declaring martial law in towns over which they have lost control".[319]
    • the Arakan Army capture the town of Ponnagyun and its surrounding township.[320] During the battle, Myanmar Navy warships and fighter jets shell the town, destroying the Zay Ti Pyin bridge connecting Ponnagyun to Rathedaung.[321]
    • Karenni forces capture the Hpasawng Bridge to which the junta responded by attacked a monastery in the town, killing five and wounding 20 internally displaced people (IDP).[322]
  • 7 March –
    • Operation 0307- the KIA simultaneously launches attacks on over ten junta outposts in eastern Kachin. Fighting primarily takes place along the highway between Bhamo and the Kachin State capital, Myitkyina, as well as around Laiza.[323]
    • U Shwe Min, a pro-junta militia leader of the Lisu National Development Party, was killed during a KIA raid on a camp near Aung Myay Thit village.[324]
  • 8 March –
  • 9 March – The KNLA captures the town of Thingannyinaung, on the Myawaddy-Kawkareik highway.[328]
  • 11 March – KIA announces they have captured 20 junta bases and outposts in Kachin State since launching an operation there the previous week.[329]
  • 12 March –
    • AA captures Ramree town in Rakhine State from the junta.[330]
    • the Arakan Army claims to have captured the Aung Thapyay border outpost in Maungdaw Township, forcing 179 junta soldiers to flee into neighboring Bangladesh.[331]
  • 13 March – The Hpu Lu Gyi camp, south of Myawaddy, after a "five minute fight". This camp held both strategic and moral significance as it acted as a staging point for attacks on Manerplaw and Kawmoora after the junta captured it in 1990.
  • 14 March –
    • MNDAAA reopens 2 border crossings, Chin Shwe Haw and Kyu Koke, on the border with China for trade.[332]
    • Karenni forces capture the rest of Hpasawng and most of Hpasawng Township.[333]
    • Junta forces begin an offensive on the villages of Sakkan and Kampani to resist anti-junta attacks on Kale, capturing Kampani. Resistance forces responded by issuing a "final warning" to junta forces in the town, prompting civilians to begin evacuating.[334]
    • KIA begins attacking the Infantry Battalion 46 junta garrison post within Sumprabum. The junta responds with aerial strikes.[326]
    • KIA takes the Dawthponeyan subtownship.[335]
  • 15 March – KIA seizes the headquarters of the Infantry Battalion 237 in Bhamo District.[336]
  • 17 March – Arakan Army captures the town of Rathedaung, cutting off Sittwe from northern Rakhine State.[337]
  • 19 March –
    • 21 administrators in Rakhine's Thandwe announce their resignation in response to the military recruitment.[338]
    • The first reported clash in KNLA 7th Brigade controlled territory since the coup occurred near Methawaw after junta soldiers invaded the area under the pretext of repairing a road. Junta forces were forced to retreat.[339]
  • 22 March –
    • The KIA claims to have captured over 50 military outposts and 13 strategically significant junta bases around the Myitkyina-Bhamo Road, including: all outposts surrounding Laiza, battalion headquarters in 5 townships, and camps near the KIA's old headquarters of Pajau.[340]
    • The Mon State Revolution Force (MSRF), in cooperation with several other Mon State-based resistance groups, begin vehicle inspections along the road stretching from the Malwe Mountain to Kaleinaung, prompting junta forces to close the road.[341]
  • Before 23 March – Sometime before the 23rd, a Rohingya man was shot in Sittwe, with the Arakan Army being blamed. It was later found that the shooting was committed by one of the pro-junta factions of the Arakan Liberation Army, working as a proxy of the junta in an attempt to stir ethnic tensions between the Arakanese and the Rohingya.[342][dubious – discuss]
  • 24 March – The Arakan Army starts an offensive on Ann Township, launching attacks on Ann, the headquarters of the junta's Western Command. Concurrently, the Arakan Army launched attacks on neighboring Ngape Township in Magway Region. Ann's location is strategically important as the link between Rakhine and Magway Region via the Minbu-Ann road through the Arakan Mountains and as a gateway preventing AA from attacking southern Rakhine State.[343]
  • 25 March – The MNLA-AMD, alongside several allies such as the Mon National Army, captured the Kawt Bein Police Station in Kawkareik Township.[344] In response, junta forces shelled Kawt Bein and surrounding settlements.[345]
  • 26 and 27 March – The MNDAA and the Shan State Army (SSPP) clashed in the Namsalat and Seiau Village Tracts, Hseni Township, after the MNDAA reportedly began launching drone bombs and attacks on SSPP camps.[346]
  • 26 March – The MNDAA and the Tatmadaw clash shortly for the first time since the Chinese-brokered ceasefire. Junta forces attempted to invade MNDAA-controlled territory from Kone Nyaung, south-east of Lashio but were repelled.[347] In response, the Chinese ambassador to Myanmar met with the junta foreign minister on 28 March to discuss ending the clashes.[348]
  • 27 March –
    • Arakan Army forces seize the camp near Ge Laung and Lone Kauk villages of Ann Township.[349]
    • Kawt Bein
  • 28 March – Mon resistance captures Dhamma Tha village near Kawt Bein.[350]
    • Papun is captured by the KNLA after a siege that began on 20 March.[351]
    • KIA seized two junta bases in Yaw Yone and Nga Gayan near Lweje on the Chinese border in Momauk Township.[352]
    • Natogyi PDF and two other resistance groups attack a junta base in the east of Natogyi town and kill and injured several regime soldiers next day[352]
  • 29 March – Natogyi PDF and two other resistance groups attack regime forces stationed at the police station and construction department office in Natogyi.[352]
  • 31 March – the KNLA and the Ba Htoo Army ambushed junta reinforcements in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, killing and injuring up to 40 soldiers.[353]

April

  • 1 April – The KIA completes the capture of the entirety of the Bhamo-Lweje road.[353]
  • 4 April – The People's Defense Force launched an unprecedented drone attack against Aye Lar airbase, the main Tatmadaw headquarters, and Min Aung Hlaing's residence in the capital, Naypyitaw. Almost 30 drones were deployed; junta forces claimed 7 were shot down.[354][355]
  • 5 April – The junta garrison in Myawaddy surrenders to the KNLA, allowing anti-junta forces to take the border town.[356]
  • 7 April – During the capture of Myawaddy, certain junta officials fled into Thailand. The junta requested Thailand for a military flight from Mae Sot to evacuate said officials and others awaiting refuge on the border.[357]
  • 8 April – PDF forces launch drone attacks on the Southeastern Command headquarters in Mawlamyine while Soe Win, deputy commander-in-chief of the junta, was in the building.[358]
  • 9 April –
  • 10 April –
    • Around 10pm, the KNLA captures the LIB 275th base in the town and over 200 junta soldiers cross the border into Mae Sot. In response, Thailand deployed the 3rd Army along the border.[362] After the capture of the town, the junta began sending reinforcements in a counteroffensive to retake the town, which promptly stalled in Kyondoe.[363][364]
    • The Karenni National Solidarity Organisation (KNSO), a "people's militia force" under the junta, declares war on the junta and joined resistance groups after an over 20-year ceasefire.[365]
  • 14 April –
    • A bomb exploded during a Thingyan festival in Mandalay, injuring 12 people. No group claimed responsibility, although some PDF groups and Burmese artists warned people not to celebrate at SAC-sponsored festivals.[366]
    • Simultaneously, the PDF launched 107mm rockets at the Defence Services Academy to assassinate Min Aung Hlaing. However, he survived, and some of the shells missed their target and hit the Pyin Oo Lwin People's Hospital's orthopedic wing.[367]
  • 15 April – Arakha Army clashed with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army in Buthidaung, resulting in 25 Rohingya deaths and 3,000 fleeing.[368]
  • 19 April – Two LGBT siblings were arrested in Kyaukphyu by the Myanmar Police Force. One, a vegetable seller, was accused of providing food to Arakha Army while the other was arrested on unknown charges.[369]
  • 22 April – Intense clashes break out around the Tha Htay hydropower plant in northern Thandwe Township, reportedly leading to the deaths of "dozens" of junta soldiers.[370]
  • 23 April – The BURMA Act goes through its first implementation with $121 million earmarked for Fiscal Year 2024. $75 million is reserved for refugee assistance programs, $25 million for nonlethal assistance and technical support for the NUG and EAOs, and the rest towards documentation of atrocities, civil society programs, and assistance towards groups such as the Rohingya, political prisoners, and Tatmadaw deserters.[371]
  • 24 April – The town of Myawaddy was recaptured by junta forces after KNLA troops were forced to withdraw following a heavy firefight.[372]
  • 25 April – After a day long battle involving around 300 junta troops, junta forces recapture the town of Kawt Bein and Dhamma Tha from Mon resistance
  • 26 April – The Junta forces recaptured Kawkareik Township village on the border of Mon and Karen states from Karen and Mon rebels. Also the Kawbein village and Dhamma Tha village was also recaptured from rebels after heavy gunfight with arrival of reinforcements and heavy artillery bombardment.[373]
  • 27 April – It was reported that the Karen National Liberation Army captured a military base and supply station in Karen State's Papun Township.[374]

May

  • 2 May –
  • 3 May – The vice-chairperson of the Shan State Progress Party announced that it and its armed forces, the Shan State Army (SSPP), would join revolutionary forces before retracting his statement two days later.[377]
  • 4 May – Karenni forces launch an offensive on the last remaining junta forces in Hpasawng Township, killing 20 junta soldiers.[378]
  • 7 May – Thaksin Shinawatra, the former PM of Thailand, met leaders of the NUG and EAOs, attempting to mediate a resolution of the conflict.[379]
  • 9 May – Myanmar Air Force bombs to a monastery in Akyi Pan Pa Lun, Saw Township, Magway Region killing at least 15 and injuring 30.[380][381][382]
  • 11 May – Junta troops execute 32 villagers during the Lethtoketaw massacre in Lethtoketaw, Sagaing Region.[383][384][385]
  • 16 May – The Zoland Defense Force and other CBA members, launch an offensive to capture Tonzang from the junta and its allied Zomi Revolutionary Army,[386]
  • 18 May – The town of Buthidaung is captured by the Arakan Army.[387]
  • 20 May –
    • The towns of Cikha and Tonzang, in northern Chin State, are captured by Chin resistance forces.[388]
    • The Mon State Defense Force and the Mon State Revolutionary Force begin militarily cooperating.[389]
  • 21 May – The Zoland Defense Force and aligned CBA members complete the capture of Tonzang and chase junta troops in the area.[390]
  • 27 May –
  • 28 May – The CBA captures a junta base near Tedim.[391]
  • 30 May – CDF-Matupi captures the district administrative office on the Matupi-Hakha road in Matupi Township.[393]
  • 31 May – The Daai Local Council announces that local defense forces in Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, and Paletwa Townships had agreed to form the Chinland Defence Force – Daai. The council also stated that the 4 townships would be united into 1 administrative area under its governance, and that a constitution for the Daai Chin would be written.[394]

June

  • 2 June – Clashes erupt on the Thandwe-Taungup highway near Ngapali Beach, Thandwe. AA captures the village of Gawt.[395]
  • 7 June –
    • Junta soldiers killed more than 60 villagers accused for collaborating with AA in Singaung village, Rakhine State.[396]
    • Over the last month, the KNLA, aided by PDF's, the Bamar People's Liberation Army (BPLA), and the Force for Federal Democracy, complete to capture the remaining junta bases in Hpapun Township. By 7 June, only 3 junta bases remain uncaptured in the township, encircled by KNLA forces and allies.[397]
  • 8 June – The Tatmadaw launches an offensive to recapture National Highway 8, the only paved road linking the Tanintharyi Region in southern Myanmar to the rest of the country.[398]
  • 9 June –
    • The Junta Na Na Kha 2 battalion visited a Rohingya village in Maungdaw where the commander convinced youths to stay in the village and provide supplies when asked. However, the youths refused the order to burn down ethnic Rakhine houses and fled.[399]
    • Chin resistance groups announced the launch of "Operation Chin Brotherhood", aimed at coordinating their efforts to drive junta's troops out of the state. They subsequently launched an attack on the town of Matupi.[400]
  • 10 June – The Chinland Council issued a statement asking the Arakan Army to refrain from military and administrative operations in Chinland.[401] This came days after Global Khumi Organisation urged the Arakha Army against committing human rights violations against the Khumi Chin people of Paletwa Township.[402]
  • 11 June –
    • The Kachin Independence Army capture the town of Sadon, resulting in the loss of junta control for all border trade routes in Kachin State.[403]
    • An army base less than 1 mile away from Northwestern Command HQ (Monywa) was captured by a coalition of People's Defence Force called Union Liberation Front.[404]
  • 13 June – Chin resistance announce the capture of Matupi's police station and administrative offices, leading junta forces to retreat to bases north and south of the town[400]
  • 14 June – Junta forces begin to amass forces in towns surrounding 3BA-held territory, fortifying positions in Mongyai, Muse, Kyaukme, Hsipaw, Pyin Oo Lwin, and Lashio with "tens of thousands" of soldiers, leading military sources to warn residents to take cautionary safety measures.[405]
  • 15 June – the Arakan Army launches an offensive to capture Taungup, with AA forces launching attacks on the junta base near Taungup University.[406]
  • 16 June – Junta forces from Tedim launched an offensive to recapture positions along the Tedim-Kalay road.[407]
  • 17 June –
    • Heavy clashes break out outside of Kyaukphyu as junta forces leave Danyawaddy naval base, near Thaing Chaung village, leading to 10 junta deaths.[408]
    • Operation Chin Brotherhood continues with CBA forces and allies capturing the 304th Light Infantry Battalion base outside of Matupi, 1 of 2 remaining bases surrounding Matupi.[409]
    • CBA forces detain a Chin National Army soldier driving close to the frontline, and plan to release him the following day.[410]
  • 18 June –
    • Junta forces recapture Kennedy Peak from the Zomi Federal Union . After the outpost's capture, junta forces begin launching raids on surrounding villages.[407]
    • The Chin National Army and allies launched a surprise attack on the CBA near Matupi, leading to 2 CBA deaths.[410]
  • 20 June –
    • AA forces ambushes a junta column along the Taungup-Pandaung road, leading to 60 junta deaths.[411]
    • Junta forces recapture the strategically important Tainngen village.[412]
  • 23 June – The Arakan Army captures Thandwe Airport.[413]
  • 24 June –
    • The Arakan Army captures Taw Hein Taung base in Ann Township.[414]
    • During clashes the two Chin rival groups around Matupi, the CNA/Chinland Council was forced to retreat from the Matupi area.[415]
    • Chinland Defense Forces clash with junta forces outside of the Chin State capital Hakha. The junta retaliated by setting fires to homes in the town.[416]
    • Tatmadaw officials met with battalion commanders for the SSPP and United Wa State Army (UWSA), unsuccessfully attempting to bribe them to end arms sales to other ethnic armies.[417]
  • 26 June –
    • After announcing the day before that it would resume military operations against the junta following repeated ceasefire violations, the TNLA seizes the town of Nawnghkio in northern Shan State.[418]
    • The AA begins attacking Ngapali beach itself and the remaining 2 junta bases in Thandwe town.[419]
  • 27 June –
    • Junta forces lose control of recent gains in northern Chin State after Chinland Council-led counteroffensives recapture both Kennedy Peak and Tainngen. Junta forces retreat to Khaing Kham.[420]
    • TNLA forces burn down Kyatpyin Police Station while attempting to capture Kyatpyin to encircle junta forces in neighboring Mogok. It was also reported that the TNLA had entered eastern areas of Mogok.[421]
  • 28 June – The TNLA had capture most of Kyaukme and continue attacking the junta bases around the town.[422]
  • 29 June – The CBA captures the 140th Infantry Battalion base north of Matupi and consequently seized the entire town.[423]

July

  • 3 July – the TNLA seizes the town of Kyaukme.[424]
  • 7 July –
    • The Arakan Army confirms the capture of Thandwe Airport, claiming that 400 junta soldiers had died in the battle.[425]
    • The CNA detains 2 Yaw Defense Force (YDF) soldiers in Gangaw Township for "temporary questioning", taking the detainees to Camp Victoria 80 miles (130 km) away.[citation needed]
    • MNDAA forces clash with junta forces in Hoya village, Mongyai Township.[426]
  • 8 July –
    • YDF closes the Hakha-Gangaw road. The detained soldiers were released on 12 July.[427]
    • TNLA accuses the SSPP of launching attacks on its soldiers and aiding junta troops in withdrawing from bases, condemning the Shan group for "disrupting" the alliance offensive.[428]
  • 9 July – AA captures Ngapali beach.[429]
  • 10 July –
    • The TNLA attacked junta positions near Tangyan.[430]
    • The MDY-PDF and TNLA capture the last junta bases near Nawnghkio and capture the town completely.[431]
  • 11 July – Following an agreement with junta forces, the UWSA takes control of the town of Tangyan in northern Shan State by deploying thousands of soldiers. Some UWSA soldiers are reportedly sent to Lashio as well.[432]
  • 12 July – The Daai Regional Council and its armed forces, the CDF-Daai, resign from the Chinland Council to prioritise the "consolidation" of the Daai people.[433]
  • 13 July – The Shan State Army (SSPP) takes control of the town of Mongyai, in a move apparently aimed at preventing fighting in northern Shan State from spreading southwards.[434]
  • 14 July – MNDAA institutes a tenuous 4-day ceasefire after meeting with the Chinese Communist Party. Despite the ceasefire, clashes continued.[435][436] TNLA and SSPP leaders also met in Panghsang, Wa State, to discuss an end to clashes.[437]
  • 16 July – TNLA forces capture most of Mongmit and began launching attacks on the junta headquarters south of the town.[438]
  • 17 July –
    • The PDF launch a rocket attack on Naypyidaw Airport. No casualties were reported.[439]
    • MDY-PDF captured Singu and its surrounding township, further cutting off junta forces in Northern Shan State.[440]
  • 20 July –
    • As part of "Operation Rung", the CDF-Hakha capture the Hakha Main Police Station and release 62 detainees.[441]
    • The 3BA, reportedly under pressure from China, agreed to extend the ceasefire to 31 July.[442] On the same day, despite the ceasefire, junta reinforcements launched renewed attacks on Kyaukme.[443]
  • 22 July – CNA and allies launched an offensive to take remaining junta bases in Thantlang, quickly capturing several bases on the Thantlang-Hakha road.[37]
  • 25 July – TNLA and MDY-PDF enters and capture Mogok.[444]
  • 27 July –
    • The CNA and Zomi Revolutionary Army meet in Aizawl for peace negotiations.[445]
    • UWSA forces enter Lashio with the permission of both the MNDAA and junta to protect their external relations offices.[446]
  • 30 July – MNDAA forces ambush junta reinforcements attempting to reach Lashio, inflicting heavy casualties.[447]
  • 31 July –
    • KNDF and allies seize Junta positions around the tourist hotspot of Inle Lake.
    • TNLA forces take complete control over Mongmit after capturing the last junta in the town.[448]

August

  • 2 August – A Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin of the Myanmar Air Force crashed in Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region, killing two out of four occupants. Myanmar Air Force Major General Soe Tin Latt was one the victims of this accident.[449][450]
  • 3 August – The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army captures Northeastern regional command headquarters in Lashio, Shan State.[451][452]
  • 6 August – The TNLA takes the last junta base in Kyaukme was captured, completing the TNLA's capture of the town.[453]
  • 8 August – Hundreds of residents flee Pyin Oo Lwin out of fear of a potential offensive by anti-junta forces.[454]
  • 9 August – The 3 Brotherhood Alliance calls on Northeastern Command chief Brigadier-General Soe Hlaing to surrender himself and Muse, from which he directs Northeastern Command operations. Muse remained safe for him due to the proximity with the Chinese border.[455]
  • 10 August –
    • According to the National Unity Government, the Myanmar military junta controls less than 30% of all towns.[456]
    • TNLA forces launches an offensive against Hsipaw, capturing the town's prison.[457]
  • 11 August – MDY-PDF launches an offensive against Tagaung, the first historical capital of the Burmese monarchy, capturing the town the next day.[458]
  • 12 August – Mandalay PDF seizes a Junta base in Zayat Kwin village, Thabeikkyin Township, Mandalay region, according to The Irrawaddy.
  • 13 August –
  • 14 August – AA capture Kyeintali.[461]
  • 15 August – The KNLA, PDF, and 3BA are allegedly planning an offensive towards Mandalay by the end of 2024.[462]
  • 17 August – MDY-PDF launched an offensive on Thabeikkyin.[463]
  • 18 August – Reports of a series of drone attacks targeting Rohingya villagers fleeing the river killing 200+ people was reported. Both the Junta and Arakan Army have traded blame for the attacks.[464]
  • 22 August – Resistance groups seize Junta air defence unit in Tada-U[465]
  • 25 August – MDY-PDF captures the town of Thabeikkyin and its township, bringing the entire Thabeikkyin District under rebel control.[463]
  • 29 August – The Ruili City Security Commission demanded the TNLA to "End all military activities harmful to Chinese border stability and to the lives and properties of Chinese citizens. Otherwise, China will take more deterrent and disciplinary measures."[466][467]

September

  • 3 September – The People's Liberation Army announces that it had captured 138 elephants in offensives around Mandalay, and promised to protect them from poaching and black market trade.[468]
  • 4 September – The Karenni Nationalities Defense Force attempted to assassinate Min Aung Hlaing while he visited Loikaw with artillery strikes.[469]
  • 8 and 9 September – According to the Arakan Army, Myanmar Air Force bombs struck a clinic, a United Nations building, and two detention centers in Pauktaw and Maungdaw Townships. Dozens of people were killed and/or injured (including ARSA and RSO POWs).[470]
  • 10 September – 29 conscripts, including 27 people who attempted to migrate to Thailand, kill two junta soldiers. Armed with their weapons, the majority of them fled to KNU territory while the remaining two were reported missing. 22 of them entered KNLA ranks.[471]
  • 12 September – The KIA seized a police station in Seeing Taung, a village on the outskirts of Hpakant.[472]
  • 13 September – 18 KNDF medics drowned in Typhoon Yagi floods while attending a training course.[473]
  • 18 September – The MNDAA declared that they would not form alliances with the NUG or "foreign communities opposing China and Myanmar." They further declared the ceasing of all military action against the SAC junta, except in cases of self-defense.[474]
  • 20 September – Tatmadaw forces purportedly backed by Lahu militias attacked an RCSS base in Mongping.[475][476]
  • 26 September – The SAC junta attempted to jumpstart negotiations between the EAOs and the PDFs to lay down their arms in exchange for participating in elections.[477][478]
  • 29 September – The KIA capture the town of Chipwi.[479]

October

November

  • 1 November – TNLA and other anti-regime groups encircle Junta troops attempting to regain control of an intersection linking Northern Shan State with Mandalay Region on the Mandalay–Lashio highway in northern Shan State.[500]
  • 2 November – The Kachin Independence Army and its allies seize Phimaw town on the Chinese border in Chipwi Township, while China is calling for peace along the Kachin State frontier.[501]
  • 5 November – The Tatmadaw shoots down three drones in Lewe Township as Min Aung Hlaing begins flying to China at Naypyidaw International Airport. An as of yet unknown resistance group was allegedly attempting to assassinate him.[502]
  • 7 November – A PDF group called "Joker Guerrilla Army" and other PDF forces ambush Junta's police troops, in Myaing, Magway Region, releasing footage of the attack the next day. Two police officers, including a deputy superintendent, are killed in the ambush.[503]
  • 9 November – The KNLA captures the Tatmadaw's Kuseik base and cut off supplies to Papun.[504]
  • 13 November – PDF forces in the Mandalay Region release footage of an attack against a junta police station in Taungtha. Casualties caused by the attack are currently unconfirmed.[505]
  • 14 November – The home of actor Yan Aung, suffers minor damage from an explosive device. An anti-junta cell, Dark Shadow, claims responsibility for the strike; they further "warned" entertainers not to cooperate with the SAC regime.[506]
  • 19 November – Tensions increase between the United Wa State Army and Thailand increase over the former allegedly encroaching on Thai border territory.[507][508]
  • 21 November – KIA captures Kanpiketi on Chinese border. Junta troops, employees and their family members reported flee into China.[509]
  • 22 November – At least 12 regime soldiers are killed in Madaya Township, Mandalay Region on Sunday when their 70-strong group came under attack from several People's Defense Force groups at South Chone Pauk Village. The PDF groups seized nine firearms along with ammunition and other military equipment.[510]
  • 24 November – The Arakan Army takes control of Taungup town in southern Rakhine State after a 17-day battle. Some bases outside the city are still in Junta's control.[511]
  • 25 November – During the night between 25 and 26 November over 30 junta troops are killed in clashes with Karenni Army in a rural area of Loikaw, Karenni (Kayah) State. According to KA Adjutant-General Colonel Phone Naing and other resistance sources the Junta soldiers were part of an 80-men unit from the 66th Light Infantry Division and were trying to reach Loikaw[512]

December

2025

January

  • 1 January – The Arakan Army attack a Tatmadaw base on the Arakan mountains on the outskirts of Taung Pone Gyi near Padaung Township, Bago Region.[519]
  • 5 January – The Arakan Army alongside Ayeyarwady PDF forces clashed with junta soldiers in Thabaung Township, Ayeyarwady Region with the apparent goal to seize a Chinese paper mill.[520]
  • 6 January – Thein Wai, an official of a local anti-junta People's Administration Team in Tin Ngoke Gyi Village, Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, was assassinated by gunmen wearing military-style uniforms.[521]
  • 8 January – Myanmar Army launched an airstrike to Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, killing at least 40 people and injuring 20; many of them were ethnic Rohingya people.[522][523][524]
  • 10 January – AA and allied forces captured the village of Magyizin in Shwethaungyan Subtownship, Ayeyarwady Region.[525]
  • 20 January – The MNDAA agree to withdraw from Lashio by June as part of a Chinese-brokered ceasefire agreement with the SAC junta.[526]
  • 24 January – An Arakan Army spokesperson confirmed the authenticity of videos showing AA soldiers torturing and executing two POWs. The next day, the spokesperson said the AA did not condone unlawful killing and would work to prevent it from happening again.[527]
  • 26 January – The Kachin Independence Army and PDF capture Bhamo Airport and the Tatmadaw Armored Battalion 7006 base.[528]
  • 28 January – PDF units resumed assaults on SAC positions in Indaw, Sagaing Region.[529]

February

March

  • 1 March – The Irrawaddy reported on alleged fighting between SAC and AA forces for the Danyawaddy naval base in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State.[542]
  • 9 March – Natogyi People's Defense Force killed nearly 50 regime troops and detained 14 others in Natogyi Township, Mandalay Region. Three resistance fighters were killed and seven others injured in the fighting.[543]
  • 11 March – The Tatmadaw retook Taung Hkam in Nawnghkio Township, Shan State after an intense battle with TNLA and PDF forces.[544]
  • 17 March – The Arakan Army and its allies attacked a junta base in Nyaungyo, Bago Region; the base is crucial for the defence of regime's arms factories.[545]
  • 18 March – A junta's operation to advance in rural areas of Katha Township ends in failure after Katha PDF repels it, killing 40 and capturing 29 regime soldiers. In the fierce fighting, 2 resistance soldiers died too.[546]
  • 26 March – AA enters Lemyethna Township and clashes with the junta in villages near the Pathein-Monywa Highway, capturing several villages, including Tonetaw, Le Khon Gyi, Le Khon Lay, Wut Kone, and San Kone.[547]
  • 28 March –
    • The 7.7 Magnitude 2025 Myanmar earthquake strikes causing massive damage and loss of life, especially around Mandalay.[548]
    • Junta continues bombing campaigns in Rakhine State, destroying parts of the hospital in Arakan Army-controlled Ponnagyun.[549]
  • 29 March –
    • The following day, the junta resumes aerial bombardment on areas near the KNU headquarters as well as targets in northern Shan, Bago, Sagaing regions.[550]
    • The NUG announces a two-week unilateral pause in offensive actions to coordinate humanitarian efforts with the UN and non-governmental groups and provide access to resistance held areas.[551]
  • 30 March –
    • Junta forces bomb Pauk Township in affected Sagaing Region using helicopters despite NUG's unilateral ceasefire declaration.[552]
    • AA continues offensive operations in Kyaukphyu Township, sieging a junta outpost near the town.[553]
  • 31 March – Anti-junta forces, including the Bamar Army, attack the Tanyaung Substation in Salin Township, Magway Region. 32 SAC soldiers and officers were killed, and 80 transformers were damaged. The Bamar Army claimed that they did not conduct operations in earthquake-affected areas.[554]

April

  • Early April: MNDAA takes control of Hsenwi administration.[555]
  • 1 April –
  • 2 April –
    • The Junta fires warning shots at a Chinese Red Cross aid convoy.[558]
    • Min Aung Hlaing announces that he would be implementing a 20-day ceasefire until 22 April.[559]
    • KIA announces a ceasefire, reserving the right to defend themselves.[560]
    • Arakan Army fully captured the strategic Nyaung Kyoke hill base located along the Taungoo–Pantanaw road near the border of Bago Region.[561]
  • 3 April – The junta conducts an aerial bombing campaign in Indaw, Sagaing Region and continued firing artillery in Bhamo, Kachin State.[562]
  • 4 April –
  • 7 April –
  • 10 April – A vehicle carrying Major Thaw Zin Oo from the Military Council's weapon factory No. 24 was attacked in Pakokku, Magway Region, killing the major and another passenger (Ko Myint Oo the owner of White House KTV), by member of Earthquake People's Defense Force.[568]
  • 11 April – Intense clashes occurred between Arakan Army and Junta soldiers in a valley situated between Pri Sae Kay and Nan Fet Taung village in Kyaukphyu Township.[569]
  • 14 April – A joint force of the Karen National Liberation Army and the PDF launched a coordinated offensive against junta's headquarters and bases in Kyondoe Town (Light Infantry Battalions 545 and 546) and Kawkareik (MOC-12), Kawkareik Township, Karen State.[570]
  • 17 April – The Chiland Defense Force – Kalay Kabaw Gangaw (CDF-KKG) (part of CNA) announced that it had successfully seized control of four military council bases situated between Kale and Gangaw over the course of two months, as part of the CDF-KKG Major Operation that began in February 2025.[571]
  • 18 April – A convoy of vehicles with the Chinese flag identifying themselves as the "Ceasefire Monitoring Group" drive into Lashio from China.[572]
  • 19 April – The KNLA capture Hteehta Base in Thanintharyi Region.[573]
  • 20 April – The Danu People's Liberation Army accused the junta of using chemical weapons during its offensive in the area of Tawngkham Village Nawnghkio Township in southern Shan State.[574]
  • 21 April – The MNDAA lowers their flags in Lashio and retreats to checkpoints five miles north and three miles south, continuing to surround the city and control portions of Lashio's outer wards.[572]
  • 22 April – Southern Shan-based rebel forces, including the Southern Shan State Local Revolution Force (SSLRU), Shan South Local Defense Force, and the Southern Defense Force (SODF), have united under the name Shan South National Defense Force (SSNDF) and officially joined Tactical Operations Command (TOC)-9 of the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF).[575]
  • 24 April – Intense clashes broke out between the Kachin Independence Army and Myanmar junta forces advancing toward Hpakant Township in Kachin State from the directions of Kamaing and Indawgyi. The two military columns moving towards Hpakant are believed to be part of the junta's "Yan Naing Min" operation.[576]
  • 26 April – Dawei National Liberation Army (DNLA) stormed the junta's Hali Gui camp near Maung Mae Shaung village in Dawei Township, Tanintharyi Region, resulting in the suicide of an army captain and the surrender of 16 personnel.[577]
  • 28 April – A clash near Liphkhamaw village in Kyaukphyu Township resulted in the Arakan Army seizing over 10 junta soldiers bodies and several weapons.[578]
  • 29 April – A junta Mi-35 attack helicopter carrying out airstrikes on villages in the southern part of Kalay Township, Sagaing Region was hit by Chin National Army and forced to make an emergency landing.[579]

May

June

July

  • 2 July – Fighting broke out between the Chin National Defence Force (CNDF) and the Hualngoram Chinland Defence Force (CDF) in Falam Township, Hualngoram accused the CNDF of entering their territory while the CNDF claimed the other had opened fire on them.[619] Both the Chinland Council and the Chin Brotherhood have expressed desire for de-escalation, though the Brotherhood also warned against external intervention.[620]
  • 3 July –
    • A Myanmar Air Force FTC-2000 was found crashed in Hpasawng Township after disappearing on 1 July. The KNDF claimed to have shot it down on 2 July.[621]
    • The Myanmar military troops regained full control of Mobye town in Pekon Township, Shan State for the first time since November 2023.[622]
  • 12 July – A joint KNLA and PDF force captured the Ukrittah Myanmar Army camp 3 years after a previous attack  [my] was repelled. Close to 500 civilians and Tatmadaw soldiers fled to Thailand.[623]
  • 15 July – The Eastern Command of the Tatmadaw recaptured Nawnghkio from the TNLA and other anti-junta forces. The TNLA and allies initially captured the town in June 2024 during Operation 1027.[624]
  • 18 July – Junta conducts airstrikes in southern Sagaing Region to protect a flotilla of supplies heading up the Irrawaddy River, assumed to be en route to relieve the besieged forces in Bhamo.[625]
  • 20 July – the Mandalay PDF seize three bases in Htan Pin Kone, Mya Kan Thar, and Thayet Kai villages on the border of Madaya Township and Patheingyi Township, Mandalay Region.[626]
  • 23 July – The Tatmadaw recaptures Thabeikkyin in northern Mandalay Township with the help of a naval landing[627]
  • 27 July – A junta supply flotilla convoy travelling up the Irrawaddy River is ambushed in a narrow fast-flowing section north of Shwegu and is forced to turn back south.[628]
  • 28 July – PDF seize Lapat and Yin Taik Kone and two strategic villages in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region.[629]
  • 29 July – Junta airstrikes a NUG-run hospital in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing killing 15 civilians.[630]
  • 31 July –
    • Following the end of term meeting of state of emergency since 2021, the National Defence and Security Council convened to stipulate a series of change such as new commission, establishing Office of the National Defence and Security Council, new cabinet of Myanmar and imposed state of emergency and martial law to 63 townships in 9 states/regions of Myanmar.

August

September

October

November

December

  • 1 December –
    • Clashes reportedly break out with PDF forces after the Tatmadaw entered Mogok. Junta forces take control of a Mogok military base and other positions. Clashes between junta and PDF troops occur in western Mogok and eastern edge of Mogok township and PDF forces refrain from engaging the town itself. The Mogok-Mawnghkio road remains TNLA territory.[720][718]
    • The Tatmadaw plans operations to take back Bawlakhe Township ahead of their planned elections. The Karenni resistance continues to control military camps between Bawlakhe and Hpasawng.[721]
  • 2 December – Tatmadaw troops reportedly destroy 64 houses in Pekhinkyaw, Taungtha Township, Myingyan District, with drones and artillery.[722]
  • 3 December – A captain of the Tatmadaw's LIB 257 resists capture by PDF in Yesagyo Township, Magway Region. He is promptly shot dead.[723]
  • 4 December –
    • PDOs in Phyu Township, Bago Region, clash with Tatmadaw troops. 1 was shot dead while 2 others were detained. Shortly after, a sergeant allegedly grabbed a PDO officer's pistol and both soldiers ran before succumbing to gunfire. 2 G3s were seized.[724]
    • TNLA takes positions up to Myitsone village between Mabein and Momeik defending Momeik from the KIA. The Junta moves into both Mongmit and Mogok.[725]
    • The Warazein Force use 4 FPV drones as "Operation Thunderbolt" to target the Ketumati air base in Taungoo, Bago Region; the drones hit jammers, a military training facility, and an air traffic control tower.[726]
  • 5 December – The KNLA and allied forces restart an offensive to recapture the remaining junta bases remaining on the Hpapun road that the junta recaptured in September. The junta's counteroffensive in the area had been stalled.[727]
  • 11 December – At least 33 people are killed and 76 injured when a junta jet drops two 500-lb bombs on a public hospital in Mrauk-U, Rakhine State.[728][729]
  • 12 December –
    • PDF and KNLA forces raid and burn government buildings in Yephyu, Tanintharyi Region. According to the Tatmadaw, no soldiers or police were killed or injured.[730] However, anti-junta media claimed that the rebels killed and injured soldiers before destroying voting machines.[731]
    • Junta pushes to within 10 miles of Singu in northern Mandalay Region.[732]
  • 13 December – ARSA clashes with Arakan Army on Kyi Kyun Island, Maungdaw Township, Rakhine State. AA claims that they suffered no casualties.[733]
  • 16 December – Various groups, including Myanmar Defense Force and Asho Chin Defense Force, raid junta outposts in Sintalin, Letpadan Township, Bago Region. 19 Tatmadaw personnel died in the raid, including a deputy police chief.[734]
  • 17 December – Units of the KNLA Brigade 4 briefly detain 44 PDF fighters, support personnel, and civilians in Tanintharyi Region. Although the exact reason remains undisclosed, a PDF fighter allegedly attacked a KNLA fighter to the point of unconsciousness. The detainees were eventually released a day later.[735]
  • 18 December –
  • 21 December – The PDF kill 3 Tatmadaw soldiers and capture 7 in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region. The soldiers were a part of the 120th LIB of the 33rd Division.[738]
  • 23 December – PDF attack Sinphyukyun town in Salin Township, Magway; attacking positions on the bridge to the town's north and to the town's police station.[739]
  • 27 December – 2 drone bombs explode in Myawaddy, Karen State. 1 hit a USDP office while the others damaged 10 homes and a fire station. 1 person died and 10 suffered injuries. No group formally claimed responsibility.[740]
  • 28 December – Local PDF groups, including Brave Warriors for Myanmar and No More Dictatorship, fire rockets into Mandalay hours before the start of the 2025 Myanmar general election's first phase. 2 people suffered injuries.[740]
  • 29 December – Battles continue around Battalion 266 camp in southeastern Hakha city, as Hakha CDF contest the town.[741]
  • 30 December –
    • A junta military aircraft bombs Ngapali in Thandwe Township which resulted in at least nine deaths and injuring 15 others.[742]
    • PDF captures positions in Budalin town, Sagaing Region.[743]

2026

January

  • 1 January – The MNDAA retreat across the Hsipaw Bridge and close checkpoints after a meeting with the Tatmadaw at the Two Elephants hotel in Lashio.[744]
  • 2 January –
    • Resistance forces enter the town of Katha in northern Sagaing, under contested artillery fire from the junta.[745]
    • Tatmadaw begins repairing bridge across the Irrawaddy River between Singu Township and Sagaing Region.[746]
  • 3 January – Chin National Army and Chin Brotherhood forces ambush a Myanmar Army force in Khuangli, Falam Township. Two POWs and numerous weapons were captured.[747]
  • 4 January – The Arakan Army raid a Myanmar Army outpost in Padaung Township, Bago Region for 35 minutes. 10 soldiers (including Colonel Han Lin Aung of MOC 10) died.[748]
  • 5 January – Chin forces ambush a Myanmar Army unit near Thaing Ngin in Falam Township, capturing many weapons and soldiers.[747]
  • 6 January – Naypyidaw PDF Battalion 903 and Natmauk Galon PDF ambush a convoy escorting Union Election Commission official, Aung Lwin Oo. Surviving the attack, his personal assistant and several Myanmar Police Force officers were killed.[749]
  • 9 January – PDF forces attack over 12 Tatmadaw positions in Bago Region and capture the village of Taw Kywe Inn.[750]
  • 11 January – Clashes erupt near the Bangladesh border within the Arakan Army and Rohingya militants. Two Bangladeshi citizens including a child were shot, with the child being declared dead after undergoing a hospital treatment.[751]
  • 13 January – In recent fighting on the border between Rakhine and Bangladesh, the Arakan Army killed between 150 and 200 Rohingya militants, and about 50 fled to Bangladesh where they were captured by the Border Guard Bangladesh; it is believed that most of them belonged to the Arakan Rohingya Army.[752]
  • 14 January – Sein Lwin, the husband and second-in-command of Pyusawhti militia leader and former Thway Thout figure, Thida Yumon, is captured with drugs by Mandalay Region-based PDFs [753]
  • 18 January – A joint Tatmadaw-Shanni Nationalities Army force recaptured the majority of Banmauk, Sagaing Region, from the PDF. The PDF still control the Aung Thar Kone neighbourhood.[754]
  • 20 January –
    • An airstrike on an Arakan Army prison in Chaung Tu, Kyauktaw Township, kills 21 and injures 30 Tatmadaw POWs and their family members.[756]
    • Junta forces reinforce south on the Tedim-Falam road near Thaing Ngin.[757]
  • 23 January – The KIA says a military airstrike on Htilin killed 21 and wounded 28, with some in critical condition. Per the Associated Press, KIA spokesperson Col. Naw Bu "said a jet fighter bombed a compound where mourners had gathered for prayers for the deceased, a camp for displaced persons, as well as a school and a village market."[758]
  • 27 January - Brave Warriors for Myanmar, No More Dictatorship PDF, and other groups use 107mm artillery against the Tatmadaw's Central Command in Mandalay Region after receiving reports of Min Aung Hlaing's presence there. Although exact casualty figures remain unknown, he survived the attack.[759][760]
  • 28 January – The Arakan Army, including allied forces, capture Point 666 hilltop base in Pandaung Township.[761]
  • 30 January – The Junta defends their position at the Min Pyin Radar base on the far south of Kyaukphyu as heavy fighting changes frontlines with the AA near the front.[762]

February

  • 1 February – Naypyidaw PDF 901 and New Society Army 31 launch 107mm artillery on the Tatmadaw's LIB 19 in Yedashe Township, Bago Region.[763]
  • 2 February – Captain Zarni Aung, a company commander of the Tatmadaw's LIB 381, is killed during clashes with the Kachin Independence Army near Hpakant. 6 soldiers then defected.[764]
  • 4 February –
  • 6 February –
  • 8 February –
    • The Myanmar Air Force bombs a residential area in Thandwe. Two people suffer injuries, and 9 houses are destroyed.[770]
    • The Tatmadaw and the Shanni Nationalities Army recapture Banmauk from the PDF after the latter took the town on 22 September 2025, with skirmishes still occurring.[771]
  • 10 February – The People's Defence Force and Arakan Army launched a joint operation to capture four Tatmadaw military posts in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region. They killed 96 soldiers and took 101 prisoners of war.[772][773]
  • 12 February – At least seven civilians are killed and 16 injured by Myanmar Air Force bombing runs in Kyauktaw and Mrauk U townships.[774]
  • 13 February – KIA encircles tatmadaw infantry battalion 58 more tightly.[775]
  • 15 February – Tatamdaw retakes villages north of Hpasawng and takes over most of Hpasawng. KNDF destroys bridge over the Salween River while retreating.[776]
  • 17 February – KNDF contests Hpasawng temporarily reentering the town.[777]
  • 20 February – Chinland Defense Force Hakha use FPV drones to attack a Tatmadaw camp and a Chin National Day celebration attended by the junta Minister of Border Affairs, Yar Pyae, at the Chin State General Administration Office. 18 junta officials escaped. CDF Hakha warned civilians on 17 February not to attend the ceremony.[778]
    • A Myanmar National Airlines ATR-72-600 incurs damage to its nose, body, and taillights. The blames the damage on FPV suicide drones from the Kachin Independence Army and People's Defence Force. KIA spokesperson, Naw Bu, denies attacking the aircraft.[779]
  • 23 February – At least 10 civilians are killed and 4 injured when a military paraglider dropped bombs in Shwekyaungkan, Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region.[780]
  • 24 February – At least 18 civilians are killed and 15 injured by Myanmar junta airstrikes in Ponnagyun Township, Rakhine State.[781]

March

  • 1 March – Dawei National Liberation Army, Duraka Column, and other groups attack a Tatmadaw checkpoint near Dawei Technological University. 3 soldiers died in the attack.[783]
  • 2 March – Local PDF groups drone bomb Tatmadaw soldiers collecting money in Koepin [my], Magway Region. The ambush inflicted 5 casualties, and the groups captured an MA-3 rifle.[784]
  • 3 March – Arakan Army advances to Kyay Taw, about 1 mile from Sittwe.[785]
  • 5 March – Myanmar military forces killed 30 civilians in villages of Kyaukgyi Township, Nyaunglebin District and detained about 160 villagers as human shields after drone and airstrikes.[786]
  • 6 March – Arakan Army takes Point 666 in Padaung Township, closing in on the KaPaSa 16 arms factory.[787]
  • 7 March – PDF and KNLA forces conducted attacks and operations in Nyaunglebin Township, Bago Region, in retaliation for massacres committed by the Tatmadaw.[788]
  • 8 March – The Myanmar Air Force bombs an Arakan Army prison camp in Ann Township, Rakhine State. Initial reports estimate that 116 prisoners died and 32 were injured.[789]
  • 11 March –
  • 12 March – Tatmadaw forces fully capture Tagaung.[792]
  • 14 March – The MNDAA launch attacks against TNLA forces as part of an escalation of tensions over territorial control in Kutkai Township, Shan State.[793] Since February 2026, both groups clashed with each other over control of territory in Kutkai Township; this led to price surges in basic goods from trade blockades.[794]
  • 16 March –
  • 19 March – According to pro-Tatmadaw media, 500 PDF members based in the Mandalay Region surrendered to the Tatmadaw. The Mandalay PDF disputed the true scale of the event; they claimed that many of those in the ceremony wore mismatched uniforms.[797]
  • 21 March – Warazein Force launched a precision strike using advanced FPV drones on a major combined checkpoint near Yeni Town, at the entrance to the Naypyidaw Union Territory. Reports indicated approximately seven junta casualties.[798]
  • 28 March –
    • Junta carries out drone attacks from 26 March to 28 March on KNLA troops based near Kyondoe and Kawkareik[799]
    • KNU reorganises administration near Myawaddy, forming Ramadee Township[800]
  • 29 March –
    • Seven civilians were killed and a school was destroyed in military airstrikes in Paletwa Township, Chin State.[801][802]
    • Junta regains access to Kyondoe and Kawkareik, restoring power service to the towns.[803]
    • Junta claims to retake Katha, resistance clarifies that the strategic retreat was only from parts of the town and that the town is still contested.[804]
  • 30 March – The Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) forms under the agreement of the Kachin Independence Organisation, Chin National Front, Karenni State Interim Executive Council, Karen National Union, National Unity Government, and the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw. A stated goal of the SCEF is "collective leadership [amongst EROs, democratic resistance forces, women's groups, and representatives of the people]."[805][806]

April

  • 1 April – The Tatmadaw regains full control over Htigyaing, after resistance forces withdraw following ammunition shortages and a long period of contestation.[807]
  • 2 April –
    • The Tatmadaw reopens the Asia Highway near Myawaddy.[808]
    • The Tatmadaw continues attacking resistance held towns by aerial bombardment and naval attacks, injuring and killing civilians in Thandwe, Paletwa, Kyaukphyu and Sittwe.[809]
  • 3 April – The Tatmadaw kills 7 civilians with drones and guns in a Myingyan Township village.[810]
  • 4 April – The Mon Blood Army, a group formed on 28 December 2025, launches a rocket attack on the Tatmadaw's 316th Artillery Unit in Kalawt, Ye Township.[811]
  • 5 April – Chinland Defense Force-Asho enter the northern section of Ngape, Minbu District, Magway Region as a "show of force [against junta control]." No shots were fired.[812]
  • 7 April – A gunpowder factory in Pangsang Township, Wa State exploded. 10 died and hundreds were injured. The factory reportedly operated to manufacture materials for mining operations.[813]
  • 14 April – The Chin Brotherhood and the Chin National Army capture a Tatmadaw camp in Khun Li, Falam Township. 24 MA-series rifles and a Starlink device were seized.[814]
  • 17 April – The Thai side of the Singkhorn Myanmar-Thailand border checkpoint opens while the Myanmar side remains closed in the KNU-controlled border town of Mawtaung.[815]
  • 18 April – 21 Local PDF militias in Magway Region agree to join the command of the Magway Unit Federal Government.[816][817]
  • 19 April – At least one local resident is killed and 14 are injured in a military airstrike in Ponnagyun and Mrauk-U townships, Rakhine State.[818]
  • 20 April – Min Aung Hlaing, invites opposition armed groups to participate in new peace talks by July 31, 2026, as part of a proposed 100-day stability program. KNU, CNF, and ABSDF reject the offer, vowing to continue fighting.[819]
  • 21 April – Xu Qin, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial People's Congress, meets Min Aung Hlaing in Naypyitaw, the first visit by a high-level foreign official since his inauguration.[820]
  • 22 April –
    • Following a meeting with Min Aung Hlaing, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sihasak Phuangketkeow says that he supports Myanmar's return to ASEAN and that Min Aung Hlaing is considering "good things" for detained Aung San Suu Kyi.[821]
    • KNDO, KNLA, KNDF attack Tatmadaw forces stationed near Aung Chan Thar Ywar Thit Monastery in Lewe Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory, killing 10 troops a major.[822][823]
  • 24 April –
    • Min Aung Hlaing issues new emergency ordinances imposing martial law and 90-day emergency periods across 60 townships.[824]
    • A splinter group of the Moebye PDF clashes with the a merger of KNDF and PDF units in Shan State over territorial disputes, reportedly 7 rebels and 1 civilians suffered casualties. The group's leader, Aung Min, is facing a court-martial by the Karenni IEC.[825][826]
  • 25 April –
  • 28 April – Junta retakes Kangyi village in Saw Township, Magway near Mindat, Chin State.[831]
  • 30 April –
    • The junta retakes Indaw after a nine-day campaign from reinforcements that got to Katha marching to Indaw.[832]
    • State television reports that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was transferred from prison to house arrest. However, her legal team and son, Kim Aris, state they could not independently verify of her location or health.[833]
    • Ye Belu PDF attempts to assassinate Tun Yee, a commander of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army.[834][835]

May

  • 3 May – The Battalion 3801 Hero PDF attacks junta troops at the Myo Chaung gate near Gyobingauk, Bago Region. The PDF claimed 7 soldiers were killed.[836][837]
  • 4 May – Arakan Army launched an offensive against the military's military base and outposts in Padaung Township, Bago Region, killing more than 20 military personnel and seizing weapons and ammunition.[838]
  • 5 May – The junta retakes Maw Luu shortly after taking Indaw. Following 3 days of fighting en route to the town, the battle at Maw Luu itself began at 4am and junta troops entered the town by 9:30 am after heavy artillery and drone use, taking the down by mid-day.[839]
  • 6 May –
    • KIA takes a position, causing junta troops to rout from Say Yone Gone base in Long Hkin (Lawng Hkang) near Hpakant, Kachin State.[840]
    • The military Junta bombs in Tedim township, Chin State, killing 10 people which included 4 policewomen from PDF-Zoland.[841]
  • 7 May – Three people, including a child, are killed and about 10 others are injured by military regime bombing in Minbya and Kyauktaw townships in Rakhine State with jet fighters and Y-12 aircraft.[842]
  • 10 May – Arakan Army and allied forces including BPLA, and PDF-MDY, attack military convoy in upper Sagaing region killing at least six Junta soldiers and destroying two military vehicles.[843]
  • 12 May – The PDF ambush a Tatmadaw-Pyusawhti convoy with mines and small arms. 10 soldiers were injured while a militia combatant died. A stolen truck and other looted goods were returned to local villagers.
    • 5 soldiers from LID 33 defected to the PDF.[845]
  • 13 May – Arakan Army and allied resistance forces seized control of junta outpost in Natmahokekalay Village, Indaw Township of Sagaing Region. The outpost was defended by more than 100 Junta troops.[846]
  • 16 May – PDF captures the Saingpyin Police Station in Depayin Township during Operation OTT. 11 Myanmar Police Force officers and Tatmadaw soldiers died.[847]
  • 23 May – As part of the Operation Tamar Myay, PDF groups capture a Pyusawhti camp in Thayetkan [my], Magway Region after a day of fighting. 4 soldiers and militia were killed; 70 started retreating. The PDF also seized 11 M1 Carbines and 6 Greener Police Guns amongst other matériel. The rebels reportedly rescued 49 civilians.[850]
  • 24 May – Zero Guerrilla Force, Natogyi PDF, and Myingyan PDO ambush a Tatmadaw/Pyusawhti convoy on the Myingyan-Taungtha road. 4 militamen died after a Toyota Super Custom veered off during the ambush. 8 soldiers were gravely injured in a truck retreating to Myingyan.[851]
  • 27 May – Myanmar military launched a bombardment in Sane Town, Kyaukphyu township. Around 10 homes and shops were destroyed and an elderly man was killed.[852]
  • 28 May – After 3 days of disputes and clashes, the Student Revolutionary Force LPDF reaches an agreement with NUG to cease parallel administrations and arrests before integrating into a PDF unit.[853]
    • Chin Defence Force - Asho, New Society Army, and the PDF ambush a Tatmadaw convoy in Minbu Township, Magway Region. The rebel forces seized 28 122mm MLRS rockets, 3 MA-13 SMGs, 3 MA-series rifles, and various munitions from a Sinotruk.[854]
  • 30 May – Arakan Army killed over 30 junta soldiers and seized large amount of ammunition in an intense fighting near the Taung Maw U Naval Base.[855]

June

  • 1 June – 21 Bagan LPDF, Popa Guerrilla Force, and CPB PLA clash with a Tatmadaw force east of Tandar, Taungtha Township starting 31 May. 10 soldiers reportedly died.[857]

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