Myanmar civil conflict
Myanmar has been in political and armed conflict since the military removed the elected government in February 2021. The armed forces, organised politically around the Union Solidarity and Development Party, hold central power; a parallel National Unity Government, allied People's Defence Forces and long-established ethnic armed organisations contest military control across much of the country. In elections held under military administration the military-aligned bloc won most seats, and former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention. Fighting includes airstrikes, ground offensives and clashes near the borders with Thailand, China and India. The border regions host large scam-compound and human-trafficking operations whose victims and proceeds cross the wider region, prompting Chinese prosecutions and cross-border enforcement. China, Russia, India and ASEAN states maintain varying degrees of engagement with the authorities in Naypyidaw.