ISP-Myanmar conducted a study to assess the security risk level in these townships using the Security Risk Index, a composite index based on the number of clashes, airstrikes, arson, and fatalities.

Within three years since the coup, out of a total of 330 townships in Myanmar, at least 14,317 clashes occurred in at least 233 townships, accounting for 70 percent of the total.

Four towns, making up about eight percent of the district, are situated in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border districts.

In all districts bordering India (excluding Naga Self-Administered Districts), the Myanmar Armed Forces (MAF) lost control of towns.

Following Operation 1027, Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and resistance forces seized more than 53 towns throughout the nation.

After Operation 1027, Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) and resistance forces took control of more than 53 towns across the country.

The map outlines the territories dominated or controlled by the Palaung State Liberation Front (PSLF/TNLA), both before and after the Operation 1027, as well as territories under the control of the Northern Alliance forces and the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP/SSA).

The map presents the territories controlled or active by the Palaung State Liberation Organization/Palaung State Liberation Army (PSLO/PSLA) from 1963 to 1991, alongside the territories demanded by the ceasefire PSLO during the 1993-94 National Convention.

Following the Operation 1027, clashes have resumed in Rakhine State, where the Arakan Army (AA) has seized control of at least 162 SAC military outposts. Significantly, nearly 40 of these SAC outposts were secured by the AA, following SAC forces’ withdrawal from their positions.

The Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BHA) and allied forces launched the Operation 1027 on October 27, 2023, and seized Laukkai, the target of the operation, on January 4, 2024. In addition, they have also seized four border gates – Chinshwehaw, Monekoe, Pang Hseng and Kyinsankyawt.

The maps below depict territories controlled by the Palaung State Liberation Organization/Army (PSLO/PSLA) and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) during specific time periods. Ta'ang (Palaung) armed insurgencies started in 1963.

To assess the impacts of conflict in these areas, we employed the public service provision index, alongside the security index and humanitarian crisis index.

To assess the impacts of conflict in these areas, we employed the humanitarian crisis index, which is measured by the number of IDPs per township, alongside the security index and public service provision index.