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Myanmar Conflict Updates

A monthly analysis covering key dynamics, conflict trends, and political developments related to the ongoing crisis in Myanmar.

Operation 1027 reshapes Myanmar’s post-coup war

November 2023 • 892 new events

A powerful ethnic alliance with close ties to China has inflicted on the Myanmar regime its worst battlefield setback in decades and inspired a wave of attacks by other opponents across the country. But unless the military suffers a total collapse of cohesion and morale, the regime is likely to fight on.

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Attack/armed clash
617
Remote explosives/IEDs
76
Air/drone strike
99
Crackdowns
1
Infrastructure destruction
99
Dry Zone
315
Rakhine
6
Northeast
279
Southeast
133
Northwest
79
Lower Myanmar
80
Myanmar regime brings significant escalation to the doorstep of key opponent

October 2023 • 804 new events

A regime offensive aims to break the military alliance between the Kachin Independence Army and resistance forces fighting in central Myanmar.

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Attack/armed clash
577
Remote explosives/IEDs
51
Air/drone strike
87
Crackdowns
0
Infrastructure destruction
89
Dry Zone
249
Rakhine
5
Northeast
210
Southeast
167
Northwest
111
Lower Myanmar
62
Fighting rages along Myanmar’s transport routes

September 2023 • 818 new events

The junta’s opponents are contesting roads, rivers and railways throughout the country, but the regime retains sufficient control over supply lines to sustain its offensives.

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Attack/armed clash
568
Remote explosives/IEDs
71
Air/drone strike
79
Crackdowns
1
Infrastructure destruction
99
Dry Zone
291
Rakhine
0
Northeast
147
Southeast
172
Northwest
116
Lower Myanmar
92
Junta tactics shift in Myanmar’s war-torn Dry Zone

July 2023 • 814 new events

To counter the rise of new armed groups, the junta and its proxies have razed an estimated 53,000 civilian homes across Myanmar’s Dry Zone, the epicentre of the resistance movement. Beginning in 2023, however, junta forces appeared to shift tactics, launching a more-direct assault on resistance groups.

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Attack/armed clash
535
Remote explosives/IEDs
102
Air/drone strike
86
Crackdowns
0
Infrastructure destruction
91
Dry Zone
288
Rakhine
1
Northeast
107
Southeast
231
Northwest
107
Lower Myanmar
80
Battle for Kayah is key for Myanmar junta and its opponents

June 2023 • 603 new events

The battle for Kayah State, which is strategically located between resistance strongholds in the Dry Zone and the southeast, is now the longest episode of sustained, relatively high-intensity combat since Myanmar’s post-coup war began.

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Attack/armed clash
390
Remote explosives/IEDs
89
Air/drone strike
65
Crackdowns
0
Infrastructure destruction
59
Dry Zone
167
Rakhine
1
Northeast
90
Southeast
190
Northwest
99
Lower Myanmar
56
Myanmar’s conflict intensifies as use of firepower expands

May 2023 • 610 new events

The Myanmar military is ramping up pressure on resistance forces and their civilian supporters with increasingly destructive displays of firepower. Violence is intensifying, and the humanitarian crisis is worsening.

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Attack/armed clash
383
Remote explosives/IEDs
80
Air/drone strike
66
Crackdowns
1
Infrastructure destruction
80
Dry Zone
184
Rakhine
2
Northeast
95
Southeast
184
Northwest
94
Lower Myanmar
51