Junta troops surrendered or fled their bases in Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and Kyaukphyu townships on the first day of renewed fighting in Arakan State, according to the Arakan Army (AA) and local residents.

More than 200 local residents reportedly fled in fear after a junta soldier was shot dead near a local bazaar in Nyaungchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township, on Monday morning.

In response to AA attacks on multiple junta positions in Arakan State on Monday, the Myanmar military fired artillery shells that landed in and around villages, leading to school closures out of both precaution and necessity.

Armoured vehicles were reported on the streets of Sittwe by 2 p.m. on November 13, just hours after the early morning attacks on junta outposts in neighbouring Rathedaung and Minbya townships.

The military government blocked off the Yangon-Sittwe and Angumaw-Maungdaw roads in Rathedaung Township on Monday morning as the fighting began, according to locals and truck drivers.

Two people were killed and three others were injured after a civilian vehicle and a three-wheeled motorbike were attacked in Mrauk-U, Arakan State, on the morning of November 13, according to local social organisations.

“I woke up when I heard gunfire at my paddy farm. The sounds of heavy weapons and small arms fire are still heard,” said U Aung Than, a local man from Koetankauk Village.

Construction of a retaining wall with a length of 550 feet and a width of 2 metres will be completed in March 2024, said Ko Phyo Wailin, assistant engineer of the retaining wall construction team.

About 5,000 acres of winter crops were planted in the Laymyo Creek area of Mrauk-U Township, where a lot of winter crops were grown last year, but where only about 3,000 acres of winter crops were planted this year.

Junta spokesman Major-General Zaw Min Tun told junta-controlled media on Friday that the regime was regaining control over some townships.

Karenni resistance forces launched offensives against junta positions in Loikaw Township, the capital of Kayah (Karenni) State, early Saturday morning, with some 30,000 residents trapped in the town.

People participated in a so-called 1111 movement on Saturday (11.11.2023) to show their support for “Operation 1027” launched by the Brotherhood Alliance last month.

The presiding judge has postponed the verdict for the 23 men approximately 10 times, with the latest postponement coming at a hearing on November 10. The case was adjourned until November 17.

Banks are only operating for limited hours in the region because of security concerns, resulting in reduction in the availability of cash, the UN aid agency continued.

“There is still no justice to this today,” said Daw Hlaing May Nu, whose husband U Maung Maung Thein was killed by junta soldiers. “I have lost both my husband and house, and I feel like there is nothing left to lose.”

Local anti-regime forces have barred residents displaced by fighting from entering downtown Kawlin as resistance fighters are conducting clearance operations in the area and announced a date to allow residents to reenter the town,

The accused has been identified as 39-year-old Ko Maung Thet Soe aka Ko Maung Chay. The plaintiff in the case against him has failed to appear at court hearings a total of 27 times, according to family members of the accused.

Min Aung Hlaing vowed to strike back at the ethnic alliance, and explained away defeats by saying his regime has to exercise restraint while fighting near the Chinese border to avoid souring bilateral relations.

“Operation 1027,” an offensive being carried out by the tripartite Brotherhood Alliance, is gaining momentum, and the theatre of operations in northeastern Myanmar continues to expand.