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Junta troops participating in a heavy artillery firing drill. Photo: CINCDS DMG Newsroom 22 September 2026, Rathedaung Facing military setbacks along the Sittwe Township border, the military regime has launched relentless heavy artillery bombardments targeting Mosel Island in Rathedaung Township, local residents said. Junta forces heavily shelled Mosel Island on September 20 and continued the artillery strikes through the afternoon of September 21. Shells fired from junta mil

In Arakan, airstrikes launched by the terrorist military commission on villages inhabited by innocent civilians across Anjanapura, Weerathani, and Gwa townships today, September 21, left one civilian dead and three others injured, including a student. The military commission forces conducted the airstrikes today, September 21, targeting Thit Poke Taung Village in Anjanapura Township, Taung Phoo Village in Weerathani Township, and Sat Thwar Village in Gwa Township. In Taung Ph

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Mizzima The Secretariat of the Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF) and the Interim Committee, composed of women’s political organizations, held a meeting on 19 September to discuss the implementation of the SCEF Women’s Representation Pillar, according to a statement released by SCEF 21 September. The meeting was attended by members of the SCEF Secretariat, representatives from the Interim Committee for the Establishment of the SCEF Women’s

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) Narinjara, September 21, 2026 Four Rakhine civilians, including three women, were killed in a single day on September 20 due to the deliberate targeting of residential villages by the Myanmar military junta, according to a local social activist. The casualties spanned multiple townships: two women were killed in Rathedaung Township, one woman in Pauktaw (Wirahtani) Township, and one man in Ponnagyun Township. Airstrike in Ponnagyun Township In Ponnag

Narinjara, September 21, 2026 Reports indicate that the Myanmar military conducted an airstrike damaging the Taungphu Pagoda, which houses one of the largest Buddha images in Arakan (Rakhine) State, in the early hours of September 20. U Myat Htwan, a human rights activist from Wirahtani, told Narinjara that while the pagoda's main shrine hall sustained severe damage from the bombing, the prominent Buddha image itself remained unharmed. According to local residents, the milita