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In September 2024, the Arakan Army launched an offensive to capture the city of Ann, 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. The battle ultimately resulted in the total defeat of junta forces on ...
According to the rebels, the town was surrounded and being patrolled by the joint rebel coalition by that afternoon. [ 7 ] Heavy artillery shelling and air strikes from the junta targeted the military garrison base in Ward 2 while the rebel forces engaged in a battle near the General Administration Department office in Ward 7, 0.7 miles (1.1 km ...
In late November and December, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) closed in on Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone. They seized several strategic positions from junta forces during the ensuing Battle of Laukkai. [279] MNDAA forces attacked junta bases around the city in early December. [280]
It began on 7 November 2023, with junta border posts in Mese Township, Kayah State (including Pantein) [1] being seized by Karenni forces. Many weapons were seized by the rebels. [7] 70 junta soldiers were said to have been killed in the attack, while Karenni forces claimed to have incurred four dead. [1]
By this time, the military regime's administration was reportedly no longer functional in the city. Loikaw's Naung Yar and Daw Au Khu residential wards saw ongoing clashes and rebel forces claimed to have captured 50 soldiers and several weapons and ammunition. [39] On the 9th, Pyu Township was also reported to be under attack by insurgents.
The rebels claimed that 16 junta soldiers were killed and 31 captured in the battle. The rebels also seized one BTR-3U armoured vehicle, two Soltam M-845P 155 mm howitzers and other weapons and ammunition from the junta bases. [143] Nine resistance groups jointly raided junta bases in Aung Thayar village, Sagiang Region.
The Arakan Army and its civilian wing the United League of Arakan were founded in 2009 and quickly became one of Myanmar's strongest rebel groups. [11] They gained territory in northern Rakhine State and Paletwa Township in southern Chin State by 2018 and fought against the Tatmadaw in late 2018 after the central government entered their ...
As the battle moved into the city, regime forces fired artillery at the city on 25 December killing 8 civilians and injuring 24 others in the Tong Chain neighbourhood hotel. [4] On 26 December, 90 soldiers of the Tatmadaw's 55th Light Infantry Division and BGF troops reportedly surrendered to the MNDAA, while another 90 junta troops were killed ...