The AA overtook the Maung Shwe Lay naval base, the last junta battalion in Thandwe, on August 30, despite a fierce junta defence that included air attacks and naval bombardment.

The regime on Monday labelled the Arakkha Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — which are collectively known as Brotherhood Alliance — as terrorist organisations.

All the proceeds from the film screenings will be used to supply shelter, tents, food and crop seeds for IDPs in Arakan State, said Artists’ Shelter.

The regime’s airstrikes and artillery attacks killed 27 civilians, injured 70 others and destroyed 433 homes in northern Shan State in August, the statement added.

Some ethnic armed groups are taking advantage of the political crisis to expand their territory, claimed Min Aung Hlaing, who is also Myanmar’s self-appointed acting president and prime minister.

Clashes have ramped up between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA) in Taungup Township, Arakan State, after a period of relative calm, according to residents.

The regime has made many arbitrary arrests of residents in towns it still controls including Sittwe, Ann, Kyaukphyu, Taungup, Gwa and Manaung on suspicion of having ties to the AA, prosecuting them under the Unlawful Associations Act and other provisions.

Myanmar's military regime has beefed up security in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, following a clash with the Arakkha Army (AA) in rural Sittwe on August 30, according to residents.

The regime, which is being militarily defeated across the country, is increasingly targeting civilian populations.

Since August, private ships have been banned from docking in Sittwe, which depends on air and sea routes for supplying basic goods, essentials and even furniture for residents, according to local merchants.

The local woman was wounded after a bomb dropped by a junta jet fighter exploded near a monastery in the village on the evening of September 2.

Seventy percent of 330 townships across the country are experiencing armed conflicts of varying intensities. Anti-regime groups have seized more than 70 towns.

The junta's Light Infantry Battalion Nos. 232 and 344, and a military training school are based in Padaleik. The regime has been reinforcing its positions in the village since last month.

Some people in Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U and Pauktaw townships, Arakan State, are reportedly suffering from skin diseases and are in need of medicine.

A 69-year-old man from Ngatpyawchaung Village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township was fatally injured in a landmine blast on Friday.

A local man in his 40s was wounded after a bomb dropped by a junta jet fighter fell and exploded near a monastery in the village on August 31.

On June 8, witnesses reported spotting more than 20 unidentified, blindfolded corpses in a creek near Aungtaing Village, located close to the junta's battalion headquarters 10 miles west of Sittwe.

During a trip to Bago on Friday, junta boss Min Aung Hlaing called on the Myanmar people to join hands with his regime to enforce the rule of law and public security.

The warning, which went viral on social media on Friday, told the TNLA to "immediately stop fighting and cooperate with China in maintaining peace and stability in northern Shan State and along the China-Myanmar border."