Ngape clashes

Ngape Township clashes
Part of Dry Zone theater and Rakhine Theatre in the Myanmar civil war
Date First phase: 21 November 2024 – 14 January 2025 Second phase: 14 January 2025 – present Location Ann-Padan Road, Ngape Township (Magway Region), Rakhine State – Magway Region border Result ongoing
Belligerents
State Administration Council	First phase: People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) Asho Chin Defence Force Second phase: Arakan Army People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) Asho Chin Defence Force
Commanders and leaders
Tatmadaw Lieutenant Colonel Kyaw Kyaw Thet (POW)[a]	unknown
Units involved
Tatmadaw  Myanmar Army Western Command[b] Light Infantry Division 99[c] Strategic Team 991, 992, 993	Arakan Army People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) Asho Chin Defence Force
Casualties and losses
Tatmadaw First phase: 21+ KIAs 23+ POWs Second phase: Hundreds of casualties two vehicles destroyed, one damaged	Arakan Army unknown People's Revolution Alliance (Magway) unknown Asho Chin Defence Force at least 1 KIA and 1 WIA
^ Commander of Stategic Team 992, part of LID 99. Surrendered to the AA after fiere battle. ^ Troops reatreating from Ann after the battle ^ Deployed as reinforcements on the Rakhine-Magway Border

The Ngape clashes were a series of military engagments during the 2021 Myanmar civil war that started in 21 November 2024. Frequent clashes were reported in mountainous areas along the Ann-Padan Road on the border between Rakhine State and Magway Region, as local resistance groups attempted to prevent junta reinforcements and supplies from reaching Ann town where the Arakan Army (AA) was besieging the town during the Battle of Ann. The military regime has relied on the road for transporting troops and supplies into Rakhine State since the Arakan Army relaunched a major anti-regime offensive in November in 2023. The clashes were characterized by an intense guerilla warfare, with many ambushes against junta's troops and convoys by resistance forces with light weapons and IEDs or landmines, together with a full-scale military operation by the Arakan Army during the second phase.