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Mideast war risks dramatically deepening Myanmar crisis: UN expert

The Myanmar junta's attacks on civilians have risen sharply, with 1,140 aerial strikes last year, while aid cuts deepen amid shifting global focus, UN expert warns.

Summary by Al-Monitor
Myanmar's spiralling rights and humanitarian crises risk getting "much worse" as global attention focuses on the Middle East war and aid dwindles further, the top United Nations expert on the Asian country warned.More than five years after Myanmar's military snatched power in a coup, the junta is relentlessly continuing to attack civilians and obstruct desperately needed humanitarian aid, Tom Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on rights in Myanm…

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Al-Monitor broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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