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CHIN SHWE HAW, Kokang Special Region — Every year, the town of Chin Shwe Haw heralds the Chinese New Year in the customary style. [1]

Myanmar trading businesses are suffering huge losses after fighting in Shan State shut down the country’s main China border trade zone a week ago. [2]

The Brotherhood Alliance—a tripartite military alliance comprising the Arakan Army (AA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)—launched simultaneous attacks on regime targets and bases in several... [3]

Less than three weeks since the ethnic Brotherhood Alliance launched its massive “Operation 1027” offensive, the Myanmar military has lost nine towns where its battalions had been based for decades. [4]

YANGON—Myanmar’s military has lost control of a strategic northern town on the Chinese border following days of clashes with three ethnic armed groups, a junta spokesman said. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-02-19 · 100% match

From the Frontline: On Chinese Border, Kokang Conflict Halts New Year Celebrations

CHIN SHWE HAW, Kokang Special Region — Every year, the town of Chin Shwe Haw heralds the Chinese New Year in the customary style.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-03 · 100% match

Myanmar-China Trade Corridor Closed as Battle Rages in Northern Shan

Myanmar trading businesses are suffering huge losses after fighting in Shan State shut down the country’s main China border trade zone a week ago.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-10-27 · 100% match

Ethnic Alliance Attacks Myanmar Junta Targets Across Northern Shan

The Brotherhood Alliance—a tripartite military alliance comprising the Arakan Army (AA), Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)—launched simultaneous attacks on regime targets and bases in several

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-15 · 100% match

Nine Towns Occupied by Myanmar Military for Decades Lost to Resistance in Days

Less than three weeks since the ethnic Brotherhood Alliance launched its massive “Operation 1027” offensive, the Myanmar military has lost nine towns where its battalions had been based for decades.

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-02 · 100% match

Myanmar Military Says Lost Control of Strategic Border Town

YANGON—Myanmar’s military has lost control of a strategic northern town on the Chinese border following days of clashes with three ethnic armed groups, a junta spokesman said.

[6] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-27 · 100% match

Human Rights Watch highlights forced recruitment by MNDAA

TNLA MNDAA Forcibly Recruiting Villagers In Mongkoe Township Mizzima Abductions, Forced Recruitment Violate Laws of War The Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)has abducted and forcibly recruited civilians fleeing fighting in Shan State,

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-12-23 · 100% match

NGO alleges one of the Three Brotherhood Alliance groups using ‘forced recruitment’

Members of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army pose for a photograph with the weapons allegedly seized from the Myanmar’s army outpost on a hill in Chinshwehaw town, Myanmar.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-20 · 100% match

Operation 1027 is Creating a New Political Template for Myanmar’s Future

It took two years to plan but just days to shatter the Tatmadaw’s all-powerful image. Still, Operation 1027 is far from finished with the regime that seized power from a civilian government in 2021.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-12-02 · 100% match

Charting the Shifting Power Balance on Myanmar’s Battlefields

In the pre-dawn silence on Oct. 27, a hushed group of armed men exploited the shroud of darkness to steal toward the Chin Shwe Haw Bridge in northern Shan State on Myanmar’s border with China.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-11 · 100% match

Operation 1027 in Visualizations

Since October 27, Operation 1027 has overrun at least 130 military positions as of Friday near the Chinese border in northern Shan State.

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