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Resistance forces are now turning their attention to setting up civil administrations in towns they control.

The allegations raise questions about the MNDAA’s relationship to the country’s broader anti-junta resistance movement.

Legal interventions lodged by several countries in the ICJ, along with significant battlefield losses, could bring about an existential crisis for Myanmar’s military junta, writes Adam Simpson (University of South Australia).

The rapid advances of anti-junta groups in Myanmar poses new problems for Dhaka in an already-sensitive region.

The MNDAA’s reported capture of the Yanlonkyaing border gate marks a further step toward its reconquest of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone in northern Shan State.

A day after Beijing announced the negotiated ceasefire, resistance forces were reported to have seized a key town and border trade zone.

A band of young Myanmar resistance fighters hide in a muddy ditch and hook up a stick of dynamite to a slingshot. “Hide, hide. Ignite it. Provide wind protection. Son of a bitch, it’s exploded,” they shout in nervous excitement as it launches.

The Arakan Army’s gains are part of what analysts call a turning point in the country’s nearly 3-year civil war.

Figures indicate losses of $500 million at two border gates since the end of October.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance made the announcement two days after reports that it took part in peace talks with the military administration.