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Residents in Mindat Township, Chin State, inspect homes destroyed by a regime airstrike on Aug. 30. (Photo: CPU/CPA) At least eight civilians, including three children, were killed and 15 others were injured during a Myanmar Air Force airstrike on Mindat Township in southern Chin State on Sunday. The aerial attack destroyed an unknown number of homes in the township, located 120 miles (193 km) south of the state capital Hakha. Civilian casualties and structural destruction Ch

The Myanmar military junta has launched a targeted crackdown on civil society organizations (CSOs) operating in downtown Nyaungshwe and the Inle Lake region of southern Shan State, arresting aid workers and forcing several groups to suspend essential community services. Local aid workers report that military columns have been raiding villages around Inle Lake, as security forces in Nyaungshwe Town have conducted sweeps of local businesses, including hotels, to detain CSO staf

Mizzima Central Committee members of the Demoso Local People’s Defense Force (DMO Local PDF) conducted ground field visits to DMO Local battalions and various battalions and companies under the central battalion during the fourth week of August, meeting with troop members to discuss internal unity as well as upcoming military and political strategies, according to a statement released by the DMO Local PDF. According to the statement, Central Committee members visited various

Mizzima The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allied forces captured a military outpost where junta troops had established a stronghold in Zin Bon village, Shwegu Township, Kachin State on 30 August, according to Colonel Naw Bu, spokesperson for the KIA. “(Junta) columns had deployed security and set up a base there. Yesterday, on the 30th, the KIA and allied forces launched an offensive and successfully captured their stronghold,” Colonel Naw Bu told Mizzima 31 August.

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) NARINJARA, August 31, 2026 Five Myanmar military council soldiers,including one corporal, two lance corporals, and two conscripts,were captured by revolutionary forces after fleeing clashes in the western part of Mindon Township, Magway Division. The People's Defense Force (PDF) Thayet District Battalion No. 4 officially announced the captures on August 30, releasing photographs of the detained junta troops. Alongside the captures, revolutionary forc

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) NARINJARA,August 31, 2026 The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) intercepted and attacked a military junta convoy heading toward the Dawei Deep Sea Port yesterday, killing 12 regime soldiers and capturing eight firearms. The KNU Myeik-Dawei District Public Relations and Information Department released details of the clash on August 30. According to the report, joint revolutionary forces seized six MA-1 assault rifles, two MA-3 assault rifles, and