A civil war in Myanmar has displaced millions, killed or maimed thousands more and left the country in poverty. Now China is flexing its muscle to protect interests in the region.

With the sudden collapse of the al-Assad regime in Syria, analysts and fighters in other long running civil wars are ...

BGP5 – the letters stand for Border Guard Police – was the Myanmar military junta's last stand in northern Rakhine State, ...

The once formidable Myanmar military is cracking from within - riddled with spies secretly working for the pro-democracy ...

The Irrawaddy looks back at the key players that shaped Myanmar in 2024, a year in which the junta suffered serious military ...

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations gathered to discuss the Five-Point Consensus the bloc agreed to in ...

Adding to the troubles, disruptions from the conflict have helped to undermine the value of Myanmar's currency, the kyat, ...

In decades of on-off fighting since independence from Britain in 1948 the military had never lost a regional military command until last August, when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army ...

Regime officials launched a diplomatic blitz this year, turning to China, India and even Iran for support as it lost more ...