It has been nearly a year since the military clashed anew with the Arakkha Army (AA) in Arakan State, and the fighting continues to intensify.

Light Infantry Battalion No. 373, a military security affairs battalion and medical corps have all withdrawn to consolidate their forces at the Western Command headquarters and other battalions, an Ann resident said.

Displaced women also do other odd jobs like washing clothes, fetching water and cleaning houses for wages, just to survive and feed their children.

Journalists have called on the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to release a pair of reporters based in Kachin State's Hpakant after the two men were arrested in late September.

The danger posed by Muslim armed groups is of great concern not only within Arakan State, but also for civilians living along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, the statement reads.

Hostilities between the military and AA are occuring in Maungdaw, Ann and Gwa townships daily and the AA often clashes with the military in Taungup Township as well, according to the statement.

Daw Ma Hla Thein from Mee Letwa Village said: "There are a lot of mines in the village and on the routes to forests and mountains [on which livelihoods depend]. So, there is no point in returning home when we can't go to forests and mountains. We are also deeply concerned that we might be killed or lose limbs when we return home."

Around 100 junta soldiers entered Lone Village and torched many homes on Monday morning, said a local man.

The activist group Blood Money has launched an online petition campaign against the supply of aviation fuel to Myanmar's military regime, which has been waging a campaign of indiscriminate aerial attacks against civilians.

Myanmar's military regime attacked the Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 7 headquarters in Kayin (Karen) State's Hpa-an Township with a drone on Tuesday, according to sources on the ground. 

Internally displaced people (IDPs) are moving from one location to another without a stable place to take refuge due to daily airstrikes and artillery attacks by the Myanmar military in Maungdaw Township.

Two elderly men and a teenage boy were killed and five others were injured in a artillery on Laungsat Village, part of Arakan State's Ann Township, on Monday afternoon.

A member of the Student Armed Force (SAF), which is fighting alongside the Arakkha Army (AA) in Arakan State's Ann Township, has died on the battlefield, according to the anti-regime group.

"A junta jet fighter dropped a 500-lb bomb on the village at around 2 a.m. on Monday, killing five locals on the spot. Among the injured are some internally displaced people (IDPs) from Maungdaw," said a source in Maungdaw.

The fighting broke out in Gwa Township in early August and hostilities have since spread to Thabyuchaung, Kywechaing and Taingkyo villages some 10 miles from Gwa Town, forcing residents to flee.

"The regime no longer selects new recruits through a lottery system like before, but forcibly recruits young people along with administration officials, police and immigration authorities," the report added.

In August, there were at least 708 fighting incidents across 125 townships nationwide, and 520 fighting incidents in 116 townships in September, a decrease of 26.55 percent, the report said.

Farmers are also facing business challenges due to rising prices for fertilisers, and labour shortages, both of which are necessary for winter cropping to operate efficiently.

Myanmar's military regime has announced that its Navy is conducting a five-day maritime security exercise in the waters of the northern Andaman Sea, off the coast of southeastern Myanmar, from October 20 to October 24.