Myanmar

Myanmar’s junta forces have intensified their assault on ethnic minority insurgents in western Rakhine State, carrying out artillery strikes and airstrikes that have left at least 15 civilians dead and 16 wounded, RFA reported yesterday. The junta’s air force also…

In one of the deadliest incidents in Myanmar’s ongoing conflict, junta forces reportedly killed 32 civilians hiding in monasteries in Sagaing region on Saturday, RFA reported. According to the news agency, a column of junta troops entered Let Htoke Taw…

Airstrikes carried out by Myanmar’s military junta have killed at least 16 people, including a child, and injured 25 others in an attack targeting opponents of military rule, RFA reported on Friday. The deadly incident occurred on Thursday morning when…

Myanmar is facing a devastating humanitarian crisis as the number of people displaced by ongoing conflict has now surpassed 3 million, marking a “bleak milestone” for the country, according to an article by Al Jazeera published yesterday citing the United…

On Saturday, a heavy weapons attack in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State resulted in the deaths of two people and left 15 others injured, Xinhua reported yesterday citing the State Administration Council’s Information Team. The attack, carried out by the Arakan…

More than 300 Rohingya men from villages near Rakhine state’s capital have been forced to attend mandatory military training by Myanmar’s junta troops over the last few days, RFA reported yesterday. This comes after about 1,000 Rohingya from elsewhere in…

Nearly 80 people have lost their lives at refugee camps in western Myanmar within three weeks due to poor living conditions, Radio Free Asia reported yesterday quoting displaced people and aid workers. The highest number of fatalities were recorded at…

UN Human Rights Chief has warned of the grave threat posed to the civilian population in Rakhine State due to intensified fighting between the military and the Arakan Army, as well as tensions between the Rohingya and ethnic Rakhine communities.…

Seven years after Myanmar’s military, or Tatmadaw, tortured, raped and killed thousands of Rohingya and sent nearly 1 million fleeing into neighboring Bangladesh, its soldiers are now pressing those who remain into service to support their struggling military campaign, RFA…

Nearly seven years after Myanmar’s army massacred thousands of Muslim Rohingyas, in what the UN called “textbook ethnic cleansing”, it is now demanding their help in fighting armed opposition. According to BBC, some 100 Muslim Rohingyas living in Rakhine state…