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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.

Fighting rages along Myanmar’s transport routes

September 2023 • 760 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
523
Remote explosives/IEDs
72
Air/drone strike
69
Crackdowns
1
Infrastructure destruction
95
Dry Zone
281
Rakhine
0
Northeast
136
Southeast
158
Northwest
112
Lower Myanmar
73
Junta tactics shift in Myanmar’s war-torn Dry Zone

July 2023 • 801 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
525
Remote explosives/IEDs
100
Air/drone strike
85
Crackdowns
0
Infrastructure destruction
91
Dry Zone
288
Rakhine
1
Northeast
107
Southeast
224
Northwest
101
Lower Myanmar
80
Battle for Kayah is key for Myanmar junta and its opponents

June 2023 • 598 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
385
Remote explosives/IEDs
89
Air/drone strike
65
Crackdowns
0
Infrastructure destruction
59
Dry Zone
167
Rakhine
1
Northeast
90
Southeast
188
Northwest
96
Lower Myanmar
56
Myanmar’s conflict intensifies as use of firepower expands

May 2023 • 600 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
378
Remote explosives/IEDs
79
Air/drone strike
62
Crackdowns
1
Infrastructure destruction
80
Dry Zone
184
Rakhine
2
Northeast
95
Southeast
180
Northwest
88
Lower Myanmar
51