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The Mandalay People’s Defence Force at an undisclosed location in the Mandalay Region in January. (Credit: MDY-PDF) The People’s Defence Force (PDF) in Mandalay Region has warned that regime ward and village administrators could be designated legitimate “military targets,” accusing them of forcibly recruiting males aged 18 to 35 under the regime’s conscription law in Madaya, Singu, and Thabeikkyin townships. “We have warned them against [this],” a PDF spokesperson told DVB, a

Members of the Ponnagyun Youths Association (PYA) carry out emergency rescue operations following the junta airstrike on the Indian Market in Kyauktaw Town on September 28, 2026. Photo: PYA DMG Newsroom 9 October 2026, Kyauktaw Hospitals and clinics in areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State face critical emergency blood shortages for civilians injured in escalating junta airstrikes and military conflict. Severe telecommunications blackouts and the displacement of

Arakan Army fighters pictured during operations. DMG Newsroom 8 October 2026, Indaw, Sagaing Region Fierce clashes erupted in Indaw Township, Sagaing Region, after the Arakan Army and allied revolutionary forces ambushed two advancing military junta columns, according to military sources. Revolutionary forces intercepted a 200-strong junta column advancing into Indaw Township near Kanni Village. “The military regime launched an offensive using two columns with significant tro

Junta military forces pictured during an amphibious landing exercise in 2018. Photo: CINCDS DMG Newsroom 8 October 2026, Werathani A military junta attempt to carry out an amphibious landing on Ngapyi Island in Werathani Township, Arakan State, failed after heavy artillery and drone strikes by the Arakan Army forced the naval landing craft to retreat. Beginning on the morning of October 7, junta forces launched air and artillery support in an effort to land troops on the Arak

Photo: Crd - AA A major month-long offensive launched by the Myanmar military in Arakan (Rakhine) State has failed to make strategic gains, driving junta forces to launch severe airstrikes against civilian targets, local military analysts and rights groups reported. The offensive, codenamed "Operation 4926," launched at midnight on September 4, 2026, marked its one-month mark on October 4. During the operation, the junta deployed thousands of troops backed by heavy artillery

A resistance coalition led by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) launched separate drone strikes on a government administrative complex and an electricity distribution facility in Kachin State’s jade-mining hub of Hpakant, leaving at least one person dead and others injured, according to local sources. The first attack occurred around 1:30 p.m. on October 7, when drone-dropped munitions struck a combined government office in Hpakant during a meeting between Township General A