Fifty-two civilian casualties were reported as regime battalions carried out indiscriminate shooting and shelling in response to Arakan Army (AA) attacks during the first three days of renewed hostilities in Arakan and Chin states.

At least four residents of Sittwe were reportedly arrested by junta soldiers in civilian clothes on November 13, according to family members of the arrestees.

Myanmar’s military regime unleashed a relentless bombardment of Pauktaw on Thursday afternoon, following the Arakan Army’s seizure of the central police station in Pauktaw town, according to residents.

The AA launched attacks on Taroneain tactical command and Nonebu tactical command on Tuesday morning. The fighting was fierce as the regime defended its territorial holdings with air and artillery support.

Three people including a middle school student were injured after an artillery shell landed and exploded in Ingyin Village, part of Arakan State’s Myebon Township, on Wednesday evening.

At least four residents of Sittwe’s Mingan Ward were reportedly arrested by junta soldiers at around 3 p.m. on Wednesday.

More than 1,000 residents from some 10 villages in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, have fled their homes since Monday out of fear for their safety as junta battalions launched artillery bombardments.

The AA reportedly pursued a contingent of junta troops after they refused to surrender. Five junta soldiers were killed and others were injured, according to the AA.

Myanmar’s military regime has isolated Chin State’s Paletwa Township following fierce fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) there, according to local residents.

They held talks with officials of the Arakan Army (AA) before abandoning the position and walking toward a hilltop junta outpost on Mt. Lin Mwe near the police station, said a resident of Tin Nyo Village.

A local man was killed and six others were injured after mortar shells landed and exploded in Kazikaing and Darletchaung village-tracts in Arakan State’s Ann Township on Tuesday.

More than 1,100 educational employees who had attended a capacity enhancement training course have reportedly been stranded in the Arakan State capital Sittwe due to the junta’s blockading of land and water routes in the state.

Four people were killed and 12 others including children were injured by junta artillery strikes on three villages in Minbya Township, Arakan State, on Tuesday.

Fuel bowsers heading from Yangon to the Arakan State capital Sittwe are trapped on the Yangon-Sittwe road as junta checkpoints are not allowing vehicles to pass.

The Myanmar military is conducting army-navy joint operations to crush the Arakan Army (AA), junta media reported, following the AA’s attack on a border guard police outpost in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township on Monday.

The AA offensive against the two hilltop positions near Taronai Village began around 6 a.m. on November 14, and junta troops responded with aerial support and shelling, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement.

The AA attacked junta positions in at least five locations in Rathedaung, Maungdaw and Minbya townships on Monday, seizing the Donpaik border guard police outpost in Rathedaung. It seized another border guard police outpost in Cheinkalein on Tuesday morning.

An Arakan Army (AA) official has warned that action will be taken against merchants who increase the prices of basic commodities excessively during renewed hostilities in Arakan State.

The plaintiffs were scheduled to appear before the Sittwe Township Court at the hearing on November 13, but proceedings were put off until the next court hearing on November 28 after the plaintiffs failed to appear.