Tag: Chin

16 May 2026 By Hlaing SAW, Myanmar — Thousands of civilians have fled their homes in the Yaw region of western Myanmar as military forces launch a major offensive aimed at capturing the strategic resistance stronghold of Mindat in southern Chin State. The military push follows the junta's successful reoccupation ...

15 May 2026 By Nway TEDIM, Myanmar — The death of a 70-year-old guesthouse owner in the custody of an anti-junta resistance group has triggered intense local criticism and raised serious questions about the treatment of detainees by opposition forces in Chin State. U Thang Khan Dal, the owner of ...

12 May 2026 By Nway TONZANG, Myanmar — Resistance forces in northern Chin State have shuttered a key highway and moved to high alert as a massive military column, supported by local ethnic militias, advances toward the town of Tonzang. The Chin Defence Force (CDF) - Tonzang announced an indefinite ...

At least ten people, including four female resistance fighters, have been killed following a targeted drone strike by the Myanmar military on a church in Chin State, local sources have confirmed. The attack took place on the afternoon of May 6 in Phunom Village, Tedim Township. According to witnesses, a ...

FALAM, Myanmar — The Myanmar sham government has dispatched over 100 non-CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement) civil servants to the strategic town of Falam in Chin State, in a desperate bid to restart its administrative machinery a year after losing control of the region. On the morning of May 6, a ...

30 April 2026 By Nway KANPETLET, Myanmar — At least nine civilians, including one woman, were killed on Wednesday when the Myanmar military launched a targeted airstrike on a group of volunteers repairing a bridge in Kyindwe, Chin State. The attack occurred at approximately 10:15 AM on 29 April near ...

27 April 2026 By Nway SAW TOWNSHIP, Myanmar — The Myanmar military has established a permanent outpost in Magway Region’s Saw Township, effectively seizing control of a critical supply line connecting central Myanmar to the conflict-ridden western states of Chin and Rakhine. Local sources confirmed that approximately 200 soldiers from ...

26 April 2026 By Nway FALAM, Myanmar — Fierce fighting is continuing on the outskirts of Falam in western Myanmar’s Chin State, just 48 hours after a massive military offensive forced ethnic resistance groups to withdraw from the strategic mountain town. Military sources and representatives from the resistance confirmed that ...

25 April 2026 By Mon Lay FALAM, Myanmar — In a major development on the western front, the Myanmar military has regained control of Falam, the second-largest city in Chin State, following a relentless seven-month offensive that utilised overwhelming air and ground power. The city, which had been held by ...

15 April 2026 By MPA FALAM, Myanmar — A coalition of Chin resistance forces has successfully captured a strategic military base in Falam Township, seizing dozens of firearms and high-tech equipment including Starlink satellite terminals, according to a statement released on Wednesday. The operation to overrun the outpost, located near ...