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Myanmar military ruler Min Aung Hlaing steps down as army chief to stand as a candidate for president in the upcoming presidential election, the first to be held since the 2021 coup.
2026-03-30

At least 40 people are killed and 12 others are injured in Tatmadaw airstrikes on Ramree, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
2025-01-8

The Chin National Army says that they captured a Tatmadaw base in Rikhawdar, Chin State, and are currently fighting for control of the town which is located on the border with India. More than 5,000 people flee across the border into India's Mizoram state.
2023-11-13

An attempt by the Burmese army to take control of Lay Kay Kaw, a Karen National Union-controlled town, fails.
2022-04-15

Over 160 buildings, including two churches, in the town of Thantlang, Chin State, have been destroyed by fires resulting from Tatmadaw shelling that occurred the previous day.
2021-10-30

Tatmadaw forces bombard the town of Thantlang in Chin State, western Myanmar, with artillery shells, destroying dozens of homes, after clashing with local self-defence forces who captured a soldier.
2021-10-29

Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, a young protester who was shot in the head last week, dies from her injuries, the first death since the opposition to the coup began and as pressure on the military mounts.
2021-02-19

Tatmadaw raids the headquarters of ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party National League for Democracy in Yangon, according to a party statement posted on Facebook.
2021-02-9

Amnesty International says it has conducted a report which says that Myanmar's armed forces "have killed civilians, including children in indiscriminate air attacks" in Rakhine and Chin states, urging the United Nations Security Council to launch a war crimes investigation. Myanmar has been fighting the separatist Arakan Army in the region. The government did not immediately respond to calls for comment.
2020-07-8

Two women, one of them pregnant, are killed and seven others are injured when artillery hits a Rohingya village in Rakhine State. The locals blame Myanmar's armed forces. The armed forces deny responsibility and blame the Arakan Army, and say the artillery hit the village amid ethnic clashes.
2020-01-25