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In September 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) launched an offensive to capture the town of Ann in Myanmar, the location of the headquarters of the Myanmar military's Western Command. The battle was a culmination of a year-long offensive by the Arakan Army to capture the entirety of Rakhine State .
Map of the Myanmar-Thailand border. The Myanmar–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Thailand.The border is 2,416 km (1,501 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Laos in the north to the Andaman Sea coast in the south.
A Border Guard Force outpost was also captured. [43] On 15 July, junta forces launched an offensive to recapture areas near Momauk. [44] On 15 August, KIA forces capture the La Maung Camp, overlooking Hpakant. [45] On 19 August, KIA forces captured the last junta base in Momauk after months of fighting, completing their capture of the township ...
An alliance of armed ethnic minority groups that launched a surprise offensive last month against Myanmar’s military has seized a major trading gate on the country’s northeastern border with ...
The town is home to one of 5 official border trade posts with China, and opened on 23 August 1998. [3] In 2022, total trade volume at the border post stood at US$88.181 million. [4] On 20 November 2024, as part of the Myanmar civil war, Kanpaikti was captured by the KIA. It was the final stronghold of the BGF. [5] [6]
The junta requested Thailand for a military flight from Mae Sot to evacuate certain officials and others awaiting refuge on the border. [10] Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and People's Defence Force (PDF) troops were seen at the Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge border crossing in northeastern Myawaddy on the morning of 9 April. [9]
On Thursday, about 200 fleeing Myanmar soldiers gathered at a border crossing into Thailand, said Saw Taw Nee, spokesperson for the Karen National Union (KNU), an anti-junta group leading the ...
Resistance fighters and ethnic minority rebels seized the key trading town of Myawaddy on the Myanmar side of the frontier on April 11, a blow to a well-equipped military struggling to govern and ...