'Saw people cut to pieces’: How Myanmar military uses deadly airstrikes on civilians to quell rebellion
1 year, 8 months ago

'Saw people cut to pieces’: How Myanmar military uses deadly airstrikes on civilians to quell rebellion

Firstpost  

On Tuesday, the skies turned deadly for the people of Pazigyi village in the north-western Sagaing region of Myanmar. Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said he was horrified by the incident, calling it a “blatant disregard for international law.” He said: “As I have previously noted, there are reasonable grounds to believe that the military and its affiliated militias are responsible for an extremely broad range of human rights violations and abuses since 1 February 2021, some of which may constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes.” The United States urged the Myanmar military to stop the violence. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, “These violent attacks further underscore the regime’s disregard for human life and its responsibility for the dire political and humanitarian crisis in Burma following the February 2021 coup.” Nabila Massrali, a spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy of the European Union was quoted as saying: “The EU is deeply shocked by reports of the latest atrocity committed by the military regime in Sagaing, taking the lives of dozens of innocent civilians. Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights Researcher Montse Ferrer said, “The relentless air attacks across Myanmar highlight the urgent need to suspend the import of aviation fuel. Debris in a damaged school building in Depeyin township in Myanmar’s northwest Sagaing region, after an aerial attack on the village by a Myanmar military helicopter.

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Myanmar Airstrikes Indiscriminately Target Civilians a Rights Group Says in a New Report
1 month, 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
1 month, 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 ethnic armed groups seize beach resort town; launch attacks on junta
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Myanmar ethnic armed groups seize beach resort town; launch attacks on junta

The Hindu  

“Myanmar ethnic armed groups seized a popular beach resort town in the west of the country and launched dawn attacks on junta positions in the north,” a military source and residents told AFP on June 25. Fighting is raging across swathes of the Southeast Asian nation as ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy "People's Defence Forces" battle the military, which seized …

Fighting escalates in eastern Myanmar as army holds out against resistance push on key border town
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Fighting escalates in eastern Myanmar as army holds out against resistance push on key border town

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Fighting appeared to be escalating in Myanmar on Wednesday as guerrilla fighters from the Karen ethnic minority and pro-democracy forces battle soldiers holding on to a major trading town on the border with Thailand, witnesses said. The fall of Myawaddy, which is also Myanmar’s most active trade crossing with Thailand, would be another major setback in the army’s …

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Myanmar resistance group says its drones hit targets in the capital, but army says it shot them down

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed or seized more than a dozen drones used in the attacks. The opposition National Unity Government ‘s “Defense Ministry” said in a statement that special units …

UN’s Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya in west
9 months 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
9 months 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
10 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks 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
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on …

Air strike on Myanmar village kills 15: media
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Ethnic armed group battling Myanmar’s military claims to have shot down an army helicopter
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Ethnic armed group battling Myanmar’s military claims to have shot down an army helicopter

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — An ethnic minority armed group that is battling Myanmar’s military government said they shot down a helicopter believed to be on a resupply mission in a combat zone in the northern state of Kachin on Wednesday. Myanmar’s military, which came to power in February 2021 after seizing power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, has …

Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes, Amnesty International says
1 year ago

Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes, Amnesty International says

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — The human rights group Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Myanmar military of indiscriminate killings, detaining civilians, and using air-dropped cluster munitions in response to an insurgency in the northeast and west, and demanded an investigation into war crimes. One of the groups in the Three Brotherhood Alliance, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army also said in a statement …

Myanmar's military should be investigated for war crimes, Amnesty International says
1 year ago

Myanmar's military should be investigated for war crimes, Amnesty International says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The human rights group Amnesty …

As fighting surges in Myanmar, an airstrike in the west reportedly kills 11 civilians
1 year, 1 month 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, 1 month 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 …

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar fighter jet crashes, rebels claim responsibility

Hindustan Times  

A Myanmar fighter jet has crashed during clashes between the military and an insurgent group, both sides said, in another setback for a junta facing the biggest challenge to its rule since a coup in 2021. The jet went down over Kayah State in eastern Myanmar, near the border with Thailand, on Saturday during fighting between the military and the …

Northern offensive brings ‘new energy’ to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance
1 year, 1 month ago

Northern offensive brings ‘new energy’ to Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance

Al Jazeera  

Alliance of ethnic armed groups says it has taken a key border town and overrun dozens of military bases. Code-named Operation 1027, the plan is to assert and defend territory against Myanmar military incursions, eradicate “oppressive military dictatorship”, and combat online fraud along the border, according to a statement from its organisers, the Three Brotherhood Alliance. “The military junta hasn’t …

Myanmar military’s human rights abuses a ‘system exercised from the top’
1 year, 1 month ago

Myanmar military’s human rights abuses a ‘system exercised from the top’

Al Jazeera  

Early one morning in March, a group of Myanmar soldiers marched into a village in the country’s east near the border with Thailand. The study, Under Whose Command?, covers a period of 12 years until March 30, 2023 and sheds new light on Myanmar’s notoriously secretive military – revealing the links between low-level soldiers accused of human rights abuses against …

Myanmar junta orders airstrikes to recover lost outposts
1 year, 2 months ago

Myanmar junta orders airstrikes to recover lost outposts

The Hindu  

Myanmar's ruling junta ordered air strikes and troop reinforcements as it tried to recover lost outposts near the Chinese border from rebels, the military said. The toppling of Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in a 2021 coup sparked a huge backlash and the military junta is now battling opponents across swaths of the country. The Kachin Independence Army attacked …

Myanmar’s military is accused of bombing a displacement camp in a northern state, killing about 30
1 year, 2 months ago

Myanmar’s military is accused of bombing a displacement camp in a northern state, killing about 30

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military has been accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children, Kachin militants and activists and local media said Tuesday. A spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed alarm at the reports of killings and said he …

Buddhist monk and a child reported among almost a dozen civilians killed in Myanmar airstrikes
1 year, 5 months ago

Buddhist monk and a child reported among almost a dozen civilians killed in Myanmar airstrikes

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages in the country’s north-central region this week killed nearly a dozen civilians, including a Buddhist monk and a child, according to villagers and the head of a local pro-democracy group on Thursday. In the latest deadly aerial attacks, a fighter jet dropped three bombs on Nyaung Kone village’s Buddhist monastery and …

Myanmar: Military fighter jets airstrike on Nyaung Kone village kill 10 civilians, several injured
1 year, 5 months ago

Myanmar: Military fighter jets airstrike on Nyaung Kone village kill 10 civilians, several injured

India TV News  

In yet another incident of airstrikes, the Myanmar junta killed at least ten civilians and injured more than 8 people after military fighter jets dropped multiple bombs on Nyaung Kone village in the northern Sagaing region. Speaking about the incident, Zaw Htet, head of the town’s People’s Administration told CNN that at least three bombs were dropped by a military …

Rights group accuses Myanmar of using fuel-air explosive
1 year, 7 months ago

Rights group accuses Myanmar of using fuel-air explosive

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military used an “enhanced blast” munition known as a fuel-air explosive in an airstrike that killed more than 160 people, including many children, at a ceremony held last month by opponents of army rule, a human rights monitoring group charged in a report Tuesday. Human Rights Watch accused the military of dropping the weapon, also known as …

Myanmar military used vacuum bomb on opponents: HRW
1 year, 7 months ago

Myanmar military used vacuum bomb on opponents: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Rights group claims the military used a thermobaric bomb in last month’s attack on a village in Sagaing, causing ‘indiscriminate and disproportionate civilian casualties’. Myanmar’s military has used an “enhanced blast” munition known as a fuel-air explosive in an air attack that killed more than 160 people, including many children, at a ceremony organised by its opponents last month, according …

Myanmar opposition outfit calls for action against military junta after air raid kills women and children
1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar opposition outfit calls for action against military junta after air raid kills women and children

The Hindu  

The international community should act against the military junta of Myanmar in the backdrop of the latest airstrike in the country’s Sagaing province that killed at least 60 civilians including women and children, Myanmar’s Opposition leaders have said. In a statement sent to The Hindu, the National Unity Consultative Council consisting of the opposition parties and ethnic groups opposed to …

Myanmar’s military junta confirms deadly airstrike on a village, junta says some killed were ‘anti-coup fighters’ but some ‘could be’ civilians
1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar’s military junta confirms deadly airstrike on a village, junta says some killed were ‘anti-coup fighters’ but some ‘could be’ civilians

Op India  

Myanmar’s military junta has confirmed a deadly air strike on a village in the country’s centre in the Sagaing region, reported malaymail. He said some of the dead were anti-coup fighters in uniform while acknowledging “there could be some people with civilian clothes.” Sagaing region — near the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay — has put up some of the fiercest …

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100
1 year, 8 months ago

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on Tuesday killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. ’This heinous act by the terrorist military is yet another example of their indiscriminate use of extreme force against …

Myanmar military confirms air raid that killed dozens in Sagaing
1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar military confirms air raid that killed dozens in Sagaing

Al Jazeera  

Spokesman admits some of the dead were ‘people in civilian clothes’ after attack on ceremony held by anti-coup group. Myanmar’s military has admitted carrying out an air attack on a community hall in the central Sagaing region that reportedly killed at least 50 people, including women and schoolchildren performing dances. PDF members were killed,” Zaw Min Tun told the military …

Myanmar military says it carried out deadly attack to target rebel forces
1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar military says it carried out deadly attack to target rebel forces

ABC  

Myanmar's military has said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the "terrorists". Key points: The UN condemned the air attack and called for those responsible to be held accountable Junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun …

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100
1 year, 8 months ago

Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100

The Hindu  

Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on April 11 killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media. ’This heinous act by the terrorist military is yet another example of their indiscriminate use of extreme force against innocent …

At least 50 people killed as Myanmar military attacks rebel gathering
1 year, 8 months ago

At least 50 people killed as Myanmar military attacks rebel gathering

ABC  

At least 50 people have been killed in central Myanmar in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement. Key points: News reports say between 50 and 100 people, including civilians, had died in the attack on Tuesday A member of the local …

At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attacks
1 year, 8 months ago

At least 40 killed in Myanmar military air attacks

Al Jazeera  

Witnesses and news reports say air raids by fighter aircraft and attack helicopters hit the Sagaing area, which is known for its opposition to military rule. Myanmar’s military has launched air attacks on a central town known to be a bastion of opposition to the coup carried out two years ago. Witnesses and local media said dozens of people were …

Myanmar resistance says military bombing kills 8 civilians
1 year, 8 months ago

Myanmar resistance says military bombing kills 8 civilians

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s northwest on Thursday killed at least eight civilians, including two children, according to members of a rebel ethnic minority group and independent media reports. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, triggering …

Myanmar anti-coup forces retain optimism in face of air attacks
1 year, 10 months ago

Myanmar anti-coup forces retain optimism in face of air attacks

Al Jazeera  

Groups that rose up against the military after its February 2021 power grab say air raids are a sign of its weakness, not strength. “There will be a breakthrough in 2023 if we can keep current momentum.” New analysis released on the eve of the coup anniversary by Tom Andrews, the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, …

Rights groups say Myanmar military is increasing air attacks
1 year, 10 months ago

Rights groups say Myanmar military is increasing air attacks

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s military is increasingly turning to airstrikes with deadly results to try to crush stiff armed resistance two years after it seized power and plunged the country into a prolonged civil war, a human rights monitoring group said in a report Tuesday. The military “is putting the population of Myanmar in a precarious position, destroying homes, schools and …

Fears of escalation after Myanmar air raids near India border
1 year, 11 months ago

Fears of escalation after Myanmar air raids near India border

Al Jazeera  

Five people were killed in the attacks, which targeted the headquarters of the Chin National Front, an ethnic armed group. Shona Loong, a lecturer at the University of Zurich who specialises in the political geography of armed conflict, told Al Jazeera that the military’s bombing of Camp Victoria illustrates an approach it has used for decades to try to quell …

Myanmar crisis deepens, UN envoy warns of ‘catastrophic toll’
2 years, 1 month ago

Myanmar crisis deepens, UN envoy warns of ‘catastrophic toll’

Al Jazeera  

More than 13.2 million people do not have enough food in Myanmar and 1.3 million are displaced, UN envoy says. United Nations special envoy Noeleen Heyzer has condemned an air raid by Myanmar’s military in northern Kachin state that killed as many as 80 people, as she warned that a human rights and humanitarian crisis in the military-ruled country is …

Myanmar air strike kills at least 50 people during concert held by ethnic minority group
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar air strike kills at least 50 people during concert held by ethnic minority group

ABC  

At least 50 people attending a concert put on by an ethnic minority group in Myanmar have been killed in an air strike. Key points: The strike occurred during an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political group Conflict has resumed between the Myanmar army and the Kachin Independence Army since the coup Opposition groups called for United …

Myanmar Military Air Strikes on Ethnic Rebel Group Kill Around 50: Rebel Spokesman
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar Military Air Strikes on Ethnic Rebel Group Kill Around 50: Rebel Spokesman

News 18  

Myanmar military air strikes on a concert held by a major ethnic rebel group killed around 50 people and wounded 70, the rebels said on Monday. “Around 8:40 pm Sunday, two Myanmar military jets attacked” a ceremony the Kachin Independence Army was holding, Colonel Naw Bu told AFP. “Around 50 people were killed including KIA members and civilians,” he said, …

Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack killed 60 at celebration
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack killed 60 at celebration

The Hindu  

Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organisation, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday. The number of casualties at Sunday night’s celebration by the Kachin Independence Organization in the northern state of Kachin appeared to be the most …

Myanmar army air raids on ethnic rebel group concert ‘kill 60’
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar army air raids on ethnic rebel group concert ‘kill 60’

Al Jazeera  

Rebel group says civilians among those killed in aerial attack on event marking founding of Kachin Independence Organisation. Air raids by Myanmar’s military on a celebratory event held by a prominent ethnic rebel group have killed dozens of people, including civilians, the rebels say. Colonel Naw Bu told AFP news agency on Monday that “two Myanmar military jets attacked” the …

Fighting rages in Myanmar as rebels continue to resist military junta one year after coup
2 years, 3 months ago

Fighting rages in Myanmar as rebels continue to resist military junta one year after coup

Firstpost  

Myanmar has seen fighting between the military junta and rebels who are trying to overturn the coup that last year ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected civilian government Sagaing: Anti-coup fighters in Myanmar patrol the smouldering ruins of a burned village after what they say was a reprisal attack by junta troops struggling to crush resistance to last year’s military …

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings
2 years, 11 months ago

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. The Myanmar military had stormed Done Taw at 11 a.m. on Dec. 7, he told the AP, with about 50 soldiers hunting people on foot, killing 10 people including five …

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings
2 years, 11 months ago

Myanmar military reverts to strategy of massacres, burnings

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — When the young farmhand returned to his village in Myanmar, he found the still smoldering corpses in a circle in a burned-out hut, some with their limbs tied. “There are similar cases taking place across the country at this point, especially in the northwest of Myanmar,” Kyaw Moe Tun, who refused to leave his position as Myanmar’s United …

Myanmar army air raids send hundreds fleeing into Thailand
3 years ago

Myanmar army air raids send hundreds fleeing into Thailand

Al Jazeera  

About 4,200 people have crossed into Thailand after the government in Myanmar conducted air attacks on a rebel-held area. Myanmar’s military has conducted air raids and used heavy artillery on a rebel-held area near the border with Thailand, sending hundreds of people fleeing across a river into the neighbouring country. On Friday, more air raids struck the small town of …

‘Silent strikes’ against military gov’t empty Myanmar streets
3 years ago

‘Silent strikes’ against military gov’t empty Myanmar streets

Al Jazeera  

Such strikes are seen as a safer way to protest as 1,300 people were killed by security forces since a military coup in February. Pro-democracy protesters across cities and towns in Myanmar have staged “silent strikes”, the latest act of resistance against the military government that removed elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi more than 10 months ago. Such actions …

Myanmar forces ‘trapped, killed’ anti-military protesters: HRW
3 years ago

Myanmar forces ‘trapped, killed’ anti-military protesters: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch alleges Myanmar security forces deliberately encircled and used lethal force on protesters in Yangon. Based on analysis of two videos and satellite imagery, HRW said security forces encircled or “kettled” the protesters between noon and 12:40pm. HRW said it had corroborated witness accounts with videos showing security forces cutting off protesters’ exit routes and deliberately attacking demonstrators …

Myanmar army helicopter attacks ‘force thousands to flee’
3 years ago

Myanmar army helicopter attacks ‘force thousands to flee’

Al Jazeera  

Local media report civilians forced to shelter in forest and other places after air raids on more than a dozen villages in Depayin, Sagaing region. Thousands of civilians have fled their homes due to attacks by helicopter gunships in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, a hotbed of resistance to the country’s military rule, according to local media. At least seven civilians were …

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