Myanmar’s ruling junta has lost control of large swaths of territory, including access to many of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said Thursday .
The country of 55 million has been in turmoil since February 2021, when the military ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, sparking widespread protests.
The street demonstrations, which were met with brutal crackdowns, turned into an armed resistance movement that, along with many of Myanmar’s ethnic rebel armies, posed the biggest challenge to the military in decades.
