News About Myanmar

DMG Newsroom 3 September 2026, Kyauktaw Initiatives promoting social cohesion across Arakan State are expanding through constructive, informal dialogues and cultural exchange forums among youth from diverse ethnic communities. In late August, Arakanese, Mro, Chakma, Khami, Muslim, and Hindu youth gathered in Kyauktaw Township for a joint networking and cultural exchange meeting. “The objective is to strengthen youth participation in the development of Arakan State. It was org

An armoured vehicle engulfed in flames after an attack by the Arakan Army on a military junta column departing Sittwe in February 2024. Photo: AA Info Desk DMG Newsroom 5 September 2026, Sittwe Clashes between the military junta and the Arakan Army in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, which resumed on September 4, continued to rage on September 5, according to a military source. Although the fighting temporarily quieted down yesterday afternoon, it flared up again around 4:00 PM

Clashes erupted between Myanmar’s military junta and the Arakan Army (AA) in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, on the morning of September 4, breaking a month-long lull in the state capital’s vicinity with intense exchanges of artillery, drone strikes, and ground fire. Military sources and residents reported that active fighting broke out along the border connecting Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships. Regime forces deployed heavy artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), and

Escalating ground offensives and airstrikes by Myanmar’s military junta have displaced more than 1.6 million people across Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region. Local humanitarian groups warn that fleeing communities face severe shortages of food, medicine, and adequate shelter. Across southeastern Myanmar, relentless artillery shelling, drone strikes, and aerial bombardments have forced tens of thousands of families to seek refuge in forests and rubber plantations,

5 September 2026 Women and civilians continued to bear the heaviest cost of the Myanmar military’s air and ground attacks in August, even as resistance forces intensified their own operations across the country. At the same time, residents in flood-hit areas faced new hazards, and Myanmar seafarers abroad now face tighter travel restrictions. Military Developments, Clashes and Abuses by the Myanmar Military According to a statement by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), 55 women

Mizzima A Myanmar military junta column with a strength of about 300 troops that had been advancing in Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, retreated 3 September, according to a military news source. Following their retreat, revolutionary forces entered the villages to conduct area clearance operations, during which they discovered the decomposing bodies of three local residents and dead cattle. “They are already decomposing. Furthermore, I want people to flee immediately as so