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Myanmar's civil war reshaped in past year with coordinated offensive by powerful resistance groups

Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory that inspired others to attack around the country

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A year of attacks by Myanmar's resistance has pushed the military regime close to the brink

A year of attacks by Myanmar's resistance has pushed the military regime close to the brink

Three well-armed militias launched a surprise joint offensive in northeastern Myanmar a year ago, breaking a strategic stalemate with the regime’s military with rapid gains of huge swaths of territory that inspired others to attack around the country

The Independent UK

‘Like we are trapped’: Minorities suffer amid conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine

‘Like we are trapped’: Minorities suffer amid conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine

AA and its political wing say it is committed to diversity in Rakhine, but there is scepticism among some minorities.

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Rohingya Refugees Detail Worsening Violence In Myanmar

Rohingya refugee Syed fled Myanmar for a second time last month, after he was forced to fight alongside the military that drove his family out of their homeland years earlier.

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Myanmar regime labels key ethnic armed groups ‘terrorist’ organisations

The designation bans anyone from joining or having contact with the MNDAA, TNLA and the Arakan Army.

UN Fears Repeat Of 2017 Atrocities Against Rohingyas

The United Nations said Friday it fears a repeat of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, warning a human tragedy was unfolding in Rakhine State.

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UN rights chief raises alarm about Myanmar's Rohingya civilians trapped by fighting

The U.N.’s human rights chief has joined a chorus of concern for members of Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority after many were reported killed in recent fighting between the military government and the Arakan Army, an armed ethnic rebel group

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Myanmar: Analysing the attack that killed dozens of Rohingya 1km from the Bangladesh border

Activists working on behalf of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority say "hundreds" of refugees were killed on August 5 when they were bombed while trying to cross the river marking the border with Bangladesh. Many of the Rohingya in Myanmar’s Rakhine state had sought refuge in Maungdaw, a town on the…

Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers

Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers

Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official says

The Guardian - UK

Children among up to 200 Rohingya killed in Myanmar drone attack

Children among up to 200 Rohingya killed in Myanmar drone attack

Witnesses say people killed in artillery and drone attack that targeted civilians fleeing violence

The Guardian - UK

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

UN World Food Program decries looting and burning of its warehouse in western Myanmar combat zone

The United Nations’ food agency has strongly condemned the looting of food supplies and burning of one of its warehouses in a war-torn area in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine

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Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers

A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government has denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine

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Battered, Empty Myanmar Town Shows Price Of Victory Against Junta

Battered, Empty Myanmar Town Shows Price Of Victory Against Junta

Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country's civil war.

International Business Times

Rohingya Forced To Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors

Rohingya Forced To Fight Alongside Myanmar Army Tormentors

Rohingya mother Sofura Begum has spent years in a squalid refugee camp after fleeing Myanmar.

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Some 45,000 Rohingya flee amid allegations of beheading, burning in Myanmar

UN rights chief Volker Turk urges Bangladesh, other countries ‘to provide effective protection’ to the latest refugees.

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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state

The U.N. human rights office has warned of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state and new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the army and an ethnic armed group fighting it

‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Rohingya, targeted by the military in 2017, are caught in middle as Arakan Army and military battle in country’s west.

Arakan Army Claims Seizing Town Near Bangladesh Border

Arakan Army seizes control of Buthidaung, escalating conflict in Myanmar with Rohingya caught in the crossfire. Calls for investigation and protection of v...

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As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim Rohingyas flee again

A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine is claiming to have seized a town near the Bangladesh border, marking the latest victory for foes of the country’s military government

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Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels

Myanmar military has conscripted 1,000 Rohingya men and boys since February, with fears some are being used as human shields, according to NGOs

Arakan Army Captures Hundreds Of Soldiers In Burma's West

The Arakan Army captures government soldiers in Burma, challenging military rule and shaping the country's political landscape.

How is renewed violence in Myanmar affecting the Rohingya?

A recent surge in violence by armed groups in Myanmar is causing upheaval and displacement among Rohingya once again.

Did not see junta’s army personnel inside Myanmar, says Indian MP after visiting rebels

Indian MP visits rebel-held areas of Myanmar, inspects India-funded project amid tensions with ethnic armed organizations.

Rajya Sabha member, team meet rebel Arakan Army inside Myanmar, discover poor condition of Kaladan project on Myanmar side

Indian delegation led by Rajya Sabha member meets Arakan Army to discuss vital road network in Myanmar.

UN Security Council Condemns Airstrikes in Myanmar, Urges Peace

This news article discusses condemnation of Myanmar's military airstrikes by nine UN Security Council members and regional efforts to implement a peace plan.

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