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Myanmar Civil War
Part of the Myanmar conflict


Top: Burning houses in Dhammatha Village, Kyaikmaraw Township, 2024
Bottom: Military situation as of 27 March 2025

Legend:

  •   Tatmadaw and allies[e]
      Karen National Army
      Pa-O National Army
      Zomi Revolutionary Army[c]
Other combatants

For a detailed accurate up-to-date map, see here

For a list of engagements, see here
Date5 May 2021 – present
(3 years, 11 months and 1 day)
Location
Myanmar (with spillovers in neighbouring countries)
Status Ongoing
Territorial
changes
Belligerents

Myanmar National Unity Government

Other organisations
Commanders and leaders
Strength
100,000 (PDF, February 2024 estimate)[21] and more than 100,000 (LDF and allied ethnic armed organisations, EAOs)
  • Volunteers: estimates vary, from 70,000[22] to 201,000[23]
  • Draftees: ~50,000[24][25]
Casualties and losses
  • 75,692+ total killed
    (per ACLED, 4 February 2025)[26]
  • 6,087 civilians killed & 28,051 arrested
    (per AAPP, 31 Dec 2024)[27]
  • 3,206,800 – 3,484,300 internally displaced & 149,000 refugees
    (per United Nations 20 Dec 2024)[28]
  • 83,746 civilian properties estimated burnt or destroyed since February 2022
    (per Data for Myanmar, 14 April 2024)[29][30]
  • 440 houses and buildings sealed off by the SAC
    (per AAPP, February 2022)[31]
  • 2 killed & 17 injured inside Bangladesh as part of spillover[32]
  1. ^ Hundreds of anti-SAC local defence forces are strewn across the country, which operate unconventionally, carrying out hit-and-run attacks, targeted killings, ambushes, remote bombings and a small number of rocket attacks.[8]
  2. ^ former New Democratic Army – Kachin, Lahu Democratic Front, Karen National Army
  3. ^ a b India-based
  4. ^ Despite having issued a public statement of support for anti-junta resistance in April 2021, the ZRA has been supplied by and worked alongside the junta to attack resistance[11][12]
  5. ^ Border Guard Forces, Pyusawhti militias, Shanni Nationalities Army, Wuyang People's Militia, Khaunglanhpu People’s Militia,[14] Rohingya militia, several India-based insurgent groups, smaller allied ethnic armed organisations, and local militias
  6. ^ All Burma Students' Democratic Front, Bamar People's Liberation Army, Burma National Revolutionary Army, People's Defence Force (Kalay), People's Liberation Army, People's Revolution Alliance (Magway), Student Armed Force, National Liberation Army (Myanmar), Yaw Army, smaller local groups
  7. ^ Kagabu People’s Force,[14] Kachin Region People’s Defence Force (Kachin PDF)[15]
  8. ^ Karen National Defence Organisation, Democratic Karen Benevolent Army, KNU/KNLA Peace Council, Arakan Army (Kayin State), local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
  9. ^ Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, Karenni Army, Karenni National People's Liberation Front, Kayan National Army, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
  10. ^ Chin National Army, majority of Chinland Defence Forces and some Zomi allied groups, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
  11. ^ Chin National Defence Force, minority of Chinland Defence Forces and some Zomi allied groups, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
  12. ^ Danu State National Defence Army, local PDF's, smaller resistance groups
  13. ^ New Mon State Party (Anti-Military Dictatorship), Mon State Revolutionary Force, Mon State Federal Council, Mon State Defense Force, Mon Liberation Army
  14. ^ United National Liberation Front of Western South East Asia (National Socialist Council of Nagaland, United Liberation Front of Asom, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation), Coordination Committee (Kangleipak Communist Party, Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup, People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak, People's Liberation Army of Manipur, United National Liberation Front, United Peoples Party of Kangleipak), smaller groups
  1. ^ "Sagaing and Magway PDFs launch guerrilla attacks on military columns". Myanmar Now. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Yangon PDF Central Command announces attacks after Kyimyindine crackdown". BNI. 7 December 2021. Archived from the original on 27 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ Lynn, Kyaw Ye. "Curfew imposed after clashes near Myanmar-China border". Anadolu Agency. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Intense clash in Mese, Karenni State". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 20 June 2023. Archived from the original on 25 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  5. ^ "The 4K, the clash in Mese, and the military movement of Karenni State". People's Spring (in Burmese). 20 June 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  6. ^ Ethnic Pa-O Group Exits Myanmar Peace Talks, Formally Joins War Against Dictatorship. Yuzana. January 27, 2024. The Irrawaddy. Archived January 27, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ The PDFs marching to their own tune. Frontier Myanmar. July 13, 2022
  8. ^ Nicola Williams (2023-05-31). "Lower Myanmar: urban guerrillas and new patterns of resistance". IISS.
  9. ^ "Myanmar military deployed warships in southern coast". 20 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Murders in Yangon and Mandalay linked to Thwe Thout". Myanmar Now. 23 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  11. ^ "India-based Zomi armed group raids Chin resistance camps in northwestern Myanmar". Myanmar Now. 12 September 2023. Archived from the original on March 16, 2024.
  12. ^ "ZRA Raids and Captures CDF-Tonzang Battalion-3 Camp". BNI Online. 5 September 2023. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024.
  13. ^ "ဘူးသီးတောင်တိုက်ပွဲ ရိုဟင်ဂျာ ၂၅ ဦးသေဆုံး၊ ၃၀၀၀ နီးပါး ထွက်ပြေးနေရ" [25 Rohingya killed in Buthidaung battle; nearly 3,000 are fleeing] (in Burmese). 15 April 2024. Archived from the original on April 15, 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ^ a b "KIA Opens New Front Near Myanmar-China Border". 19 December 2024.
  15. ^ "KIA and allies capture more Myanmar army camps near Laiza". 22 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Four Mon resistance forces to launch military operations under 'Ramanya Joint Column'". Myanmar Peace Monitor. 19 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Military Successes in Arakan State: Strategic Shifts in Conflict". Myanmar Peace Monitor. 24 December 2024.
  18. ^ "Resistance Sets up the Chin People's Administrative Committee to Govern Chinland". BNI. 29 January 2024. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  19. ^ ""We are Getting Stronger to Complete the Revolution": Karenni Resistance Leader". The Irrawaddy. 15 June 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  20. ^ "KNPLF Says No Fake Peace". BNI. 6 March 2020. Archived from the original on 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  21. ^ "With Conscription Law, Myanmar's Generals Are Digging Their Own Graves". The irrawaddy. 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  22. ^ "Myanmar's Military Is Smaller Than Commonly Thought — and Shrinking Fast". usip.org. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  23. ^ "The military balance 2024".
  24. ^ "Crossing the Rubicon: Are Myanmar's ethnic armies prepared to go all in?".
  25. ^ "Myanmar's Forced Conscription in Numbers". 10 February 2025.
  26. ^ "ACLED Dashboard". ACLED. 22 April 2022. Archived from the original on 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  27. ^ "Graphs of arrest and death data as of December 31, 2024 collected and compiled by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) since the February 1, 2021 military coup". January 2025. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  28. ^ "Myanmar Emergency Update (as of end of November 2024)". Reliefweb.com. 20 Dec 2024. Retrieved 22 Dec 2024.
  29. ^ Strangio, Sebastian (3 June 2022). "Myanmar's Total Displaced Population Tops 1 Million, Says UN". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  30. ^ "Myanmar junta has burnt down 83,746 houses since the coup". Mizzima. 18 April 2024.
  31. ^ "Daily Briefing in Relation to the Military Coup". 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  32. ^ Aziz, Abdul (6 February 2024). "Tension at border: Fear grips residents in Bandarban". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
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