{"id":68481,"date":"2015-06-16T05:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T05:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeburmarangers.org\/?p=60974"},"modified":"2015-06-16T08:18:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T08:18:34","slug":"major-conflict-ongoing-in-northern-burma-reported-military-actions-by-the-burma-army-in-kachin-and-northern-shan-states-aprilmay-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.freeburmarangers.org\/my\/2015\/06\/16\/major-conflict-ongoing-in-northern-burma-reported-military-actions-by-the-burma-army-in-kachin-and-northern-shan-states-aprilmay-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Conflict Ongoing in Northern Burma \u2013 Reported Military Actions by the Burma Army in Kachin and Northern Shan States April\/May 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Major Conflict Ongoing in Northern Burma \u2013 Reported Military Actions by the Burma Army in Kachin and Northern Shan States April\/May 2015<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
Kachin and Shan States, Northern Burma<\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
16 June 2015<\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
\u00a0<\/address>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite talks of a ceasefire, heavy and escalating fighting has been occurring throughout Northern Burma in the last two months. \u00a0This report is a summary of this fighting; a more detailed\u00a0daily analysis of events is available on request.\u00a0Because this report uses only FBR reports and not those of\u00a0other sources,\u00a0it\u00a0does\u00a0not represent a totality of events; actual totals\u00a0may be\u00a0much higher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This period has seen a major escalation in conflict with heavy fighting occuring in the Kokang region, Northern Shan State, between the Burma Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army’s (MNDAA). The Burma Army has increased its troop levels in the region and has engaged in major military operations, including the use of tanks and heavy artillery barrages.<\/span><\/p>\n

May has also seen a marked escalation in aggression by the Burma Army against the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) notionally on the the pretext of stopping illegal logging, but there has been heavy use of artillery and multiple airstrikes.<\/span><\/p>\n

There has also been an increase in violence between the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) and the Burma Army in northern Shan and southern Kachin States.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our teams alone have reported that in this period:<\/span><\/p>\n