Fighting for control of Thandwe, Maungdaw continues
29 Jul 2024
The AA is focused on overtaking Maungdaw, a border town in northern Arakan State adjacent to Bangladesh, where the regime maintains a strategic foothold.
29 Jul 2024
The AA is focused on overtaking Maungdaw, a border town in northern Arakan State adjacent to Bangladesh, where the regime maintains a strategic foothold.
29 Jul 2024
Muslim refugees abducted from Bangladesh refugee camps were forced to join junta battalions in Maungdaw Township, where they underwent military training before being sent to the frontline.
29 Jul 2024
A young man from Nay Pu Khan camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State's Kyauktaw Township drowned in the Kaladan River on the evening of July 28, family members said.
29 Jul 2024
Five people including an administrator were injured after a mortar shell fired by Myanmar’s military regime fell and exploded in Ahtet Kanthayar Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, on Sunday.
29 Jul 2024
The RCSS issued its lament in an announcement accompanying the Shan ethnic armed group’s biannual meeting on Monday at its headquarters in Loi Tai Leng, southern Shan State.
28 Jul 2024
The KyweO Bridge near Thandwe Town collapsed when a group of IDPs from Jeittaw Ward crossed the bridge amid heavy fighting on the morning of July 27, according to a resident of Thandwe.
28 Jul 2024
A landslide occurred at a section of the Gwa-Ngathainggyaung road connecting Arakan State and Ayeyarwady Region due to incessant heavy rains in recent days.
27 Jul 2024
More than 100 conscripts who recently completed their training have been assigned to security checkpoints, battalions and night patrols, sources told DMG.
27 Jul 2024
Hospitals and clinics in Buthidaung are closed and pharmacies have been looted, causing shortages of medicines and attendant health problems, residents said.
27 Jul 2024
Landslides are an active concern during the rainy season due to the construction of roads through the mountains of Arakan State, and the weather of late is adding to the risks.
25 Jul 2024
Myanmar’s military regime blew up a bridge near Kyeintali Town, which links Thandwe and Gwa townships, on Wednesday in an apparent bid to prevent Arakkha Army (AA) troops from advancing on the town.
25 Jul 2024
Frontline troops of the MNDAA declared the liberation of Lashio, the capital city of northern Shan State, on the morning of July 25.
25 Jul 2024
“The grassroots are worried about the risk of landmines when they go to their farmlands and the forests, but they have no choice,” said a local woman in Minbya.
25 Jul 2024
Heavy rains have triggered flooding in Arakan State’s Taungup, Thandwe and Gwa townships, according to residents.
25 Jul 2024
Residents speculated that the bodies were civilians killed by the regime in neighbouring Thandwe Township, where many displaced or detained civilians remain unaccounted for amid more than three months of military-AA conflict.
24 Jul 2024
Some residents have fled Gwa Township in Arakan State to Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions following increased military activities in the township.
24 Jul 2024
“Children and elderly people are particularly affected. We are concerned for our health as medicines are not available,” said a displaced woman.
24 Jul 2024
Sagaing Region was hit hardest as 67,598 houses were burnt there, followed by Magwe and Mandalay regions and Arakan and Chin states, where a combined 22,729 houses were torched.
24 Jul 2024
The regime has planted numerous landmines near Kyeintali Town. Junta soldiers issued a warning on June 30, telling residents not to go to certain places where they had planted landmines.
24 Jul 2024
Local people have accused the Myanmar junta and military-trained armed Muslim men of killing some residents who were trapped by fighting in downtown Maungdaw, Arakan State.