Myanmar’s Civil War Started With a Coup 5 Years Ago. Here’s the Impact. | The New York Times

Source: The New York Times | 24 June 2026

[...]In 2025, Myanmar was the most world’s most extreme conflict zone, apart from the Palestinian territories, according to the conflict monitor A.C.L.E.D. More than 90,000 people have been killed since the civil war began five years ago. The war is also the most fragmented conflict in the world, with more than 1,200 armed groups on the ground, A.C.L.E.D. found. More than half the country is controlled by rebel militias, but intensifying military strikes over the past half year have threatened that patchwork of resistance.[...]

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