The AA resumed its offensive against junta positions in Taungup in the last week of October, and seized the artillery battalion on Sunday.

Arakanese migrants in Yangon have concerns for their safety due to the junta’s increased arbitrary arrests of civilians, checks on households for unregistered overnight guests and forced conscription.

A junta jet fighter dropped at least 10 bombs on the village at around 10 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. on November 3, burning several homes to the ground, said local sources.

The AA had already taken control of the military's Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) No. 373, a military intelligence unit, a medical corps, and a junta artillery battalion on Kulaung Hill over recent days.

A landmine exploded while people who had come to resettle in Tinma Village were clearing their homes of overgrowth on November 2.

The regime carried out airstrikes on the village twice, hitting a Buddhist monastery housing several internally displaced people (IDPs) on Saturday evening.

The female prisoners transferred to Pathein from Sittwe were jailed on political charges and some are still facing trials.

"The regime sent 1,000 junta soldiers in military trucks from Ayeyarwady Region on October 28 and 29. The regime is preparing a defence in Gwa," said a military source.

"Due to the violence, harassment and intimidation systematically committed by the terrorist military, journalism has become a career full of danger," said the NUG.

A junta jet fighter bombed and strafed targets surrounding its Border Guard Police Battalion No. 5 in Arakan State's Maungdaw Town on Saturday morning.

In what was described as one of the worst massacres so far this year, the regime killed dozens of civilians in Sagaing Region’s Budalin Village last month.

Arakanese residents have welcomed the production of Arakanese-language movies, saying they help preserve Arakanese language and culture.

"Food insecurity has never been this severe in Myanmar's recent history with more and more people facing multiple shocks," said Paolo Mattei, the WFP representative in Myanmar.

Ann, Taungup, Maungdaw and Kyauktaw townships had the highest number of civilian deaths and the highest number of mass casualties due to aerial bombardments.

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) said in a report on October 31 that religious freedom in Myanmar has deteriorated as the conflict between the military regime and opposition forces continues unabated.

Junta troops on Thursday evening set fire to Pyaungchaung and Chingon villages in Arakan State's Ann Township, home to the military's Western Command, according to sources.

Of Myanmar's 14 regions and states, Sagaing Region ranked first with 998 deaths, according to the report.

Poaching of endangered or threatened bird species has increased in Arakan State as armed conflict between Myanmar's military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA) have severely disrupted conservation efforts.

Brigadier-General Thaung Tun, the Western Command's second in command, and his team flew to the 88th Light Infantry Division in Magwe in a Mi-17 military helicopter on Monday, a source with knowledge of the situation told DMG.