The Latest Breaking News from Lashio

Myanmar Rebels Prepare To Hand Key City Back To Junta, China Says

A Myanmar ethnic minority armed group is preparing to hand a captured city back to the military in a Beijing-brokered deal, China's foreign ministry said Tuesday, as residents reported junta troops already returning.

International Business Times · Apr 22, 2025

Four years after the coup, chaos reigns as Myanmar’s military struggles

A patchwork of armed opposition groups have made major gains over the past year, with the military facing further losses

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2025

Myanmar Rebels Take The Road To Mandalay

Winding through the lawless, rugged hills of northern Myanmar, National Highway 3 links a stunning series of victories by ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in their war against the junta.

International Business Times · Oct 25, 2024

‘Potential for new Myanmar’ as anti-coup forces push new northern offensive

Fighting is escalating in an area stretching from Mandalay to Lashio, where the military has its northeastern command.

Al Jazeera · Aug 1, 2024

Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar claim capture of regional military headquarters and gem mining center

Ethnic armed groups in Myanmar are claiming to have captured two strategically important towns in the northeast

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Myanmar Junta, Ethnic Armed Group Claim Control Of Military Regional HQ

Myanmar's junta and an ethnic minority armed group both claimed on Thursday they were in control of a town and regional military command in northern Shan state following days of clashes.

International Business Times · Jul 25, 2024

New players emerge in fighting in Myanmar's northeast, as powerful ethnic militias intervene

Recently renewed combat in northeastern Myanmar between troops of the military government and ethnic minority militias has in the past few days become more complicated, as two minority groups not previously involved in the fighting stepped into the fray

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2024