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Lieutenant General Than Hlaing, the chief of the Myanmar Police, will supervise junta raids and operations against civilian resistance fighters.

Reuters visualises the Myanmar crackdown through the stories of seven victims.

HANDOUT / FACEBOOK / AFP Militiamen killed at least nine junta soldiers in northwest Myanmar’s war-torn Sagaing region over the weekend in a two-pronged attack on a convoy heading to Kalay township, while 3,000 villagers fled the area amid intensified raids on civilian homes and in anticipation of a major military offensive, fighters said Monday. The Kalay branch of the People’s Defense Force (PDF) militia said in a statement that two of its units ambushed the convoy around 1:...

The civilian defense forces had been tending to thousands of villagers who earlier fled the conflict zone.

Local fighters and ethnic armies battled the regime in several places, a female NLD lawmaker was arrested and the junta shelled an IDP camp among many other incidents.

Fighting has been reported to the east of the Chindwin River in Kani Township for the first time.

MORE than 150 people are missing feared drowned after an overloaded ferry broke apart and sank in Nigeria, say officials.Only 40 survivors and five bo

Troops stole money, food and liquor, pouring petrol on the ground so residents would not have access to fuel.

May 24, 2021 published at 3:30 AMReuters Myanmars junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup on February 1, presides an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2021. Reuters Myanmar’s military chief Min Aung Hlaing said deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was healthy at home and would appear in court in a few days, in his first interview since overthrowing her in a Feb 1 coup. The coup has plunged the Southeast Asian countr...

2021/05/23 08:50 FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnams Prime Minister Nguye... FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019, file photo, Myanmars leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnams Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. Reports says Monday, Feb. 1, 2021 a military coup has taken place in My...