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Myanmar Military Escalates Attacks on Civilians as Diplomacy Grows
ACLED said the junta has expanded airstrikes, targeted civilian sites and digital repression as it seeks tighter control after the command reshuffle.
- On Monday, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project reported that Myanmar's military has sharply escalated attacks on civilians since the new administration took office in the war-torn country.
- Since reconfiguring its military command structure in March, the junta has intensified aerial bombing campaigns, deploying specialized jet fighter groups to execute sustained airstrikes against single targets.
- During the first half of 2026, ACLED recorded over 450 civilian fatalities across more than a dozen mass killings, with around 40% occurring in Myanmar's central Anyar region.
- Seeking international legitimacy, President Min Aung Hlaing is traveling to India and China before an official visit to Thailand on August 6 to 7.
- Reprieve for civilians appears unlikely as the junta focuses on consolidating control following the April presidential transition, continuing a civil war that has killed some 100,000 people since February 2021.
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The watchdog organization ACLED states that the Myanmar military has escalated violence and attacks against civilians following a power restructuring, resulting in over 450 deaths from massacres in the first half of 2026.
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- 46% of the sources lean Right
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