At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attack in Rakhine State, UN says
2 months, 2 weeks ago

At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attack in Rakhine State, UN says

Al Jazeera  

Attack on village of Kyauk Ni Maw, in Ramree island township, kills more than 40 people and destroys about 500 homes. Air attacks by Myanmar’s military in the western state of Rakhine this week killed dozens of people, the United Nations said, as the country continues to be mired in violence four years after a coup. In a statement late on Friday, the UN said that military government forces hit Kyauk Ni Maw, a village in Ramree island township, killing more than 40 people and destroying about 500 homes. “Civilians face extreme risks, acute food insecurity and a near total collapse of critical public services.” The UN report corroborates earlier testimonies by a rescue worker and ethnic armed group the Arakan Army about the deadly violence in Rakhine. Meanwhile, the Blood Money Campaign, a coalition of Myanmar activists working to cut off revenue to the military government, urged international governments to swiftly sanction entities supplying it with aviation fuel.

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Myanmar military airstrike kills 27, injures 30 in resistance stronghold
1 week, 3 days ago

Myanmar military airstrike kills 27, injures 30 in resistance stronghold

Firstpost  

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb. 1, 2021, triggering widespread popular opposition. This handout photo provided by the Mandalay People's Defence Force shows one of its members shouting to put out the fire after an airstrike by the ruling military in Let Pan Hla village …

Airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, opposition group says
1 week, 3 days ago

Airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, opposition group says

Hindustan Times  

An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a central village under the control of a pro-democracy resistance group has killed at least 27 civilians and injured 30 others, an opposition group and Myanmar’s online media said Saturday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 1, 2021, triggering …

An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says
1 week, 3 days ago

An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a central village under the control of resistance forces has killed at least 27 civilians and injured 30 others, an opposition group and Myanmar’s online media said Saturday. The attack occurred Friday at 3 p.m. in Let Pan Hla village in Singu township, about 65 kilometers north of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest …

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Young Rohingya men are being forced to fight as foot soldiers on both sides of Myanmar’s brutal civil war

The Independent  

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Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group
2 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group

The Hindu  

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area said on Sunday. The latest attack happened around 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, Colonel Naw Bu, a spokesperson from the Kachin Independence Army, said. The …

Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group
2 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar junta air strike kills 15 civilians: ethnic rebel group

Deccan Chronicle  

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group told AFP on Sunday. The attack occurred around 11:00 am on Saturday in a mining area in Tanaing Township, western Kachin state, according to Colonel Naw Bu, a …

Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, U.N. says
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar military air strike kills dozens in Rakhine village, U.N. says

The Hindu  

Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western State of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the Southeast Asia nation's civil war nears its fourth year. The junta hit Kyauk Ni Maw village of Yanbye township on Wednesday afternoon, destroying around 500 homes and killing more than 40 people, according …

Myanmar junta airstrike kills 40 people and burns down 500 houses in Rakhine – reports
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar junta airstrike kills 40 people and burns down 500 houses in Rakhine – reports

The Independent  

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Myanmar junta air strike kills 40: ethnic armed group, rescue worker
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar junta air strike kills 40: ethnic armed group, rescue worker

The Hindu  

A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state, a rescue worker and ethnic minority armed group told AFP on Thursday. The Rakhine conflict is one element of the bloody chaos that has engulfed Myanmar since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in a 2021 coup, sparking a widespread …

An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity said Thursday. The attack occurred Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree island, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in …

Myanmar military escalates attacks, rapes, beheadings
4 months ago

Myanmar military escalates attacks, rapes, beheadings

Deccan Chronicle  

Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups, carrying out beheadings, gang rapes and torture, with women, children and the elderly among the victims, the U.N. independent human rights investigator for Myanmar said in a new report. He called on all countries to address Myanmar’s “devastating human rights and humanitarian crisis” by …

UN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
4 months ago

UN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition groups, carrying out beheadings, gang rapes and torture, with women, children and the elderly among the victims, the U.N. independent human rights investigator for Myanmar said in a new report. He called on all countries to address Myanmar’s “devastating human rights and …

Myanmar Airstrikes Indiscriminately Target Civilians a Rights Group Says in a New Report
4 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar Airstrikes Indiscriminately Target Civilians a Rights Group Says in a New Report

Deccan Chronicle  

Bangkok: Myanmar's military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday. Documented airstrikes on villages examined by researchers from the Karen Human Rights Group based in Myanmar's southeast, are emblematic of a broader assault …

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report
4 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021, a rights group said in a report released Friday. Documented airstrikes on villages examined by researchers from the Karen Human Rights Group based in Myanmar’s southeast, are emblematic of a broader …

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report
4 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report

The Independent  

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Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The U.N. Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put western Rakhine …

Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar's conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

The Independent  

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Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Two million people at risk of starvation in Myanmar’s Rakhine: UN

Al Jazeera  

UNDP says without urgent action, 95 percent of the population will regress into survival mode. Myanmar‘s war-ravaged Rakhine state could face imminent famine according to a new United Nations report, which estimates that more than two million people could be at risk of starvation. “Rakhine’s economy has stopped functioning,” said a United Nations Development Programme report released late on Thursday. …

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state could face an imminent acute famine, UN report warns

New Indian Express  

UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations development agency warned in a new report. The UN Development Program said in the report issued Thursday that “a perfect storm is brewing” which has put western Rakhine “on …

Rohingya forcibly conscripted by rebels in battle against Myanmar military
6 months, 1 week ago

Rohingya forcibly conscripted by rebels in battle against Myanmar military

ABC  

In the sprawling refugee camps of Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, Abdul Kayes* sat hunched and terrified as he recounted a month spent in a nightmare he thought he would never escape. Mr Kayes was one of 10 Rohingya Muslim men from his village who were forcibly conscripted by the Arakan Army, a Buddhist armed group fighting for control in Myanmar's …

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting
7 months ago

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar’s Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The U.N.’s human rights chief joined a chorus of concern Friday for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group. According to a statement from the Geneva office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, …

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting
7 months ago

UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

The Independent  

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Ethnic armed group suspected of deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee Myanmar
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ethnic armed group suspected of deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee Myanmar

ABC  

An ethnic armed group resisting Myanmar's military government is suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee the war-torn country on Monday. However, two self-described survivors contacted by the Associated Press blamed the group for the attack, as did Rohingya activists and Myanmar's military government. Rohingya activists fear civilians could be targeted and thousands forced …

Myanmar’s civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say
8 months ago

Myanmar’s civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools, researchers say

LA Times  

Smoke rises from a school structure that was burned to the ground in the Magway region of Myanmar. An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools, a group that monitors armed conflict in the Southeast Asian nation said. An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp …

UN expert warns of looming 'genocidal violence' in Myanmar
8 months, 3 weeks ago

UN expert warns of looming 'genocidal violence' in Myanmar

The Hindu  

Myanmar's Rakhine State is facing a terrifying situation similar to the run-up to "genocidal violence" eight years ago against the persecuted Rohingya minority, a UN expert warned on July 4. "The situation in Rakhine State, where the junta is rapidly losing territory to the Arakan Army, is terrifying," Mr. Andrews said. Mr. Andrews, an independent expert appointed by the rights …

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK
9 months ago

Rohingya ‘genocide intensifying’ as war rages in Myanmar’s Rakhine: BROUK

Al Jazeera  

Warning from rights group comes as fighting between Myanmar’s military and Arakan Army traps Rohingya in the western state. A United Kingdom-based rights group has called for global action over what it called an “intensifying genocide” against Myanmar’s mostly Muslim Rohingya minority as fighting between the Southeast Asian country’s military and a powerful ethnic armed group escalated in the western …

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone
9 months ago

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The United Nations’ food agency on Tuesday strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses over the weekend in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine. The incident, which happened on Sunday, makes even more desperate a humanitarian crisis caused by bitter fighting between Myanmar’s military government and guerrillas of …

Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks
9 months ago

Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks

The Diplomat  

The Arakan Army claimed on May 19 that it had seized control of a strategic town in western Myanmar after weeks of fighting, amid reports of arson attacks and mass displacement of Rohingya communities in the area. In the statement, Turk said that he was "deeply alarmed by reports of renewed violence and property destruction in Buthidaung township.” He added, …

Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine
9 months ago

Young men trapped between war and conscription in Myanmar’s Rakhine

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine see dreams of education and work disappear as conflict escalates in the long-troubled state. “Time that we could’ve spent working on our futures was wasted.” Zubair and Thura Maung are part of a new generation of young people across Myanmar whose lives have been turned upside down by the 2021 military coup. That changed last October, …

Myanmar’s military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar’s military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces battle the country’s …

Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

The Independent  

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Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee
10 months ago

Violence in Myanmar Forces 45,000 Rohingya to Flee

Deccan Chronicle  

The United Nations has reported that intensifying violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has driven 45,000 Rohingya to seek refuge, amid accusations of severe human rights violations including beheadings and burnings of property. Renewed clashes erupted after the Arakan Army attacked government forces in November, breaking a ceasefire that had lasted since a 2021 military coup. The Rohingya, a Muslim minority …

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar
10 months ago

Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

Al Jazeera  

Escalating violence in conflict-torn Myanmar’s Rakhine State has forced another 45,000 minority Rohingya to flee, the United Nations warned, amid allegations of beheadings, killings and burnings of property. “An estimated 45,000 Rohingya have reportedly fled to an area on the Naf River near the border with Bangladesh, seeking protection,” she said, as she urged the protection of civilians according to …

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
10 months ago

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Throssell denounced signs of new attacks on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army, the …

‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
10 months ago

‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya, targeted by the Myanmar military in 2017, are caught in the middle as the Arakan Army and military battle in the western state. Fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has escalated in the western state of Rakhine in recent days, putting thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingya who live in the area at increased risk. “What we’re …

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again
10 months, 1 week ago

As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

Hindustan Times  

BANGKOK — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh, marking the latest in a series of victories for foes of the country’s military government. As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas …

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor
10 months, 1 week ago

Reports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and harrowing tale of a survivor

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews with a local administrator and a man who says he survived the killings. Thirty-three people, including three 17-year-old boys, two older people and three carpenters from a nearby village, …

Intense battle in Myanmar town prevents 1,500 Hindus, 20 Rakhines from moving to safer zones
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Intense battle in Myanmar town prevents 1,500 Hindus, 20 Rakhines from moving to safer zones

New Indian Express  

New Delhi: The situation in Myanmar's Buthidaung town, a region in the Rakhine state, remains precarious as residents from the Hindu and Rakhine communities have been trapped amidst escalating conflict between the military and the rebel group, the Arakan Army. The situation has worsened due to a burgeoning communal divide, fuelled by allegations of the military's training and conscription of …

‘Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground
1 year ago

‘Fighting spirit’: How Myanmar’s armed resistance is taking new ground

Al Jazeera  

Commander Khu Reedu was the leader of the attack on Shadaw. The battle finally ended at the golden pagoda in the middle of the town; this is where the last standing SAC troops all died.” The Myanmar ruling military, which calls itself the State Administration Council, has been fighting an armed resistance since launching a vicious crackdown on the mass …

How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya?
1 year ago

How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya?

Al Jazeera  

A recent surge in violence by armed groups in Myanmar is causing upheaval and displacement among Rohingya once again. The military extended the country’s state of emergency in January and announced a new, mandatory conscription programme in February, which many fear may also disproportionately affect the Rohingya people. “The Myanmar junta has been indiscriminately bombing Rohingya areas in different townships …

UN’s Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya in west
1 year ago

UN’s Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya in west

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Military airstrikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported, prompting the U.N. chief to express concerns over the escalating violence. Myanmar’s military is increasingly using airstrikes to counter the widespread armed struggle against its rule since its seized power from the elected government of Aung San …

UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks
1 year ago

UN ‘alarmed’ by reports of civilian casualties in Myanmar air attacks

Al Jazeera  

Continuing air raids in the restive country’s Rakhine state are reported to have killed dozens. Antonio Guterres called for calm late on Monday following reports that continuing air attacks on villages in the restive country’s Rakhine state have killed dozens. Clashes have rocked the western state since the Arakan Army attacked security forces in November, ending a ceasefire that had …

Four children die after airstrikes hit school in Myanmar's Karenni State
1 year, 1 month ago

Four children die after airstrikes hit school in Myanmar's Karenni State

Firstpost  

An airstrike in Myanmar’s southeastern Karenni state resulted in the deaths of four children and left at least 15 others injured, as recounted by five eyewitnesses. Since the military coup in February 2021, Myanmar’s military has faced resistance, resorting to airstrikes and aggressive tactics to suppress opposition, targeting civilian areas, including schools and medical facilities. In January, the UN highlighted …

An air attack in Myanmar kills 17, including children, but the military has denied responsibility
1 year, 2 months ago

An air attack in Myanmar kills 17, including children, but the military has denied responsibility

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village under the control of the pro-democracy resistance in the country’s northwest have killed at least 17 civilians, including nine children, local residents and a human rights group said Sunday. The country’s independent online media and the BBC’s Myanmar-language service reported the air attack Sunday, but the military government denied responsibility, claiming …

Air attack in northwestern Myanmar kills 17, including children, but military denies responsibility
1 year, 2 months ago

Air attack in northwestern Myanmar kills 17, including children, but military denies responsibility

The Independent  

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Air strike on Myanmar village kills 15: media
1 year, 2 months ago

Air strike on Myanmar village kills 15: media

The Hindu  

At least 15 persons, including children, have been killed in an air strike on a village in northwestern Myanmar, local media said on January 7. The strike hit a village in Khampat Township, Tamu district, at around 10:15 a.m.. Local media outlets put the death toll at 15 people, including children, with 20 wounded. "19 people were killed, including eight …

Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
1 year, 3 months ago

Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes

The Independent  

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As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians
1 year, 4 months ago

As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in a western region have killed at least 11 civilians, including eight children, a leading opposition group and residents of the area said Friday. Ngai Tam Maung, a deputy minister of the humanitarian affairs and disaster management in the National Unity Government, which leads the opposition to army rule and serves …

Myanmar military shells Rakhine town seized by ethnic minority fighters
1 year, 4 months ago

Myanmar military shells Rakhine town seized by ethnic minority fighters

The Hindu  

Myanmar's military shelled a town in western Rakhine state and used helicopters to attack fighters from an ethnic minority there on Thursday, residents and local media said. AA fighters had taken "complete control" of the town of Pauktaw, 25 kilometres east of the state capital Sittwe, a resident told AFP after requesting anonymity for security reasons. Three Rohingya were killed …

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