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Rebel Forces in Burma Inch Closer to the Bangladeshi Border

Today the Arakan Army launched a successful assault on Tatmadaw (Burmese military) positions in Maungdaw near the border of Bangladesh, capturing an outpost, three soldiers, and a range of weapons/munitions. Multiple police and Tatmadaw personnel were killed while no Arakan Army losses were reported. The Arakan Army may soon have...

Myanmar’s Growing Opium Industry

Opium production has increased in Myanmar for the first time since 2014. A new report by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows a marginal increase which breaks the country's recent downward trend in production.  The increase was between September 2020 and January 2021, meaning it occurred...

Myanmar Rebels Deploy 3-D Printed Guns

Various photos of 3D-printed 9mm FGC-9s belonging to the People's Defence Forces (#PDF) in #Myanmar, who are fighting against military forces of the junta that seized power earlier this year during a coup. The weapon was designed by JStark1809, who you may know from @popular.front’s documentary on him. The “FGC” stands...

Week's Recap

Detente Continues Throughout The Middle East

On March 23, the Saudi Arabian news outlet Al-Ekhbariya...

Explosions Reported in Aleppo, Syria

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Azerbaijan Makes Advances in Artsakh, Violating Ceasefire

Azerbaijan today once again violated the 2020 ceasefire, after...

Turkey Doesn’t “Deserve” F-16’s, says US Senator

“What do you call a country which violates the...
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