Local residents criticized the celebrations, saying the junta is “celebrating a massacre” while civilians continue to die in daily airstrikes.

The AA said corrupt BGB commanders are unknowingly encouraging militants to sneak across the border and attack AA posts, causing serious disruption to border stability.

The Arakan Army (AA) has appealed to international and civil society organizations to provide emergency medical supplies and medicines for patients injured in the bombing of Mrauk-U Hospital.

In a statement, the IIMM said that under international law, healthcare facilities such as hospitals are considered civilian objects and are protected, along with health workers and patients, from attack.

Residents said a junta artillery battalion fired more than 30 rounds of heavy weapons at around 7 p.m. on December 12.

Myanmar’s military regime has admitted to bombing Mrauk-U Hospital on International Human Rights Day, December 10, but has responded with what residents and observers describe as misinformation about the incident.

Families of victims of the Mrauk-U Hospital bombing have called for international sanctions against Myanmar’s military regime over what they describe as mass killings of civilians.

The Myanmar military regime is attempting to advance on Gwa Township, Arakan State — under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) — by launching coordinated attacks from the sea and air.

Ngalonesu Village, located near Maday Island, is home to many people who fled fighting in Kyaukphyu Township.

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) living outside displacement camps in Arakan State are facing a severe food crisis due to a lack of assistance.

A total of 1,152 civilians have been killed and 2,153 injured over the past two years by attacks carried out by Myanmar’s military regime and Muslim armed groups in Arakan State, according to the Humanitarian and Development Coordination Office (HDCO) of the United League of Arakan (ULA).

Poultry farm owners say areas controlled by the Arakan Army are also unable to purchase ready-made chicken feed from mainland Myanmar, forcing them to produce feed locally using available raw materials.

The junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) has removed U Tin Htoo Aung, who was set to run as an independent candidate for the position of Arakanese Ethnic Affairs Minister in Yangon Region, from its list of approved candidates.

Grassroots residents and Muslims in Sittwe, the Arakan State capital still under the control of Myanmar’s military regime, are reportedly being paid K10,000 each to attend campaign rallies organized by the junta-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP).

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Thousands of residents in at least five villages in Ponnagyun Township, Arakan State, are fleeing ongoing fighting as heavy weapons are fired from junta battalions based in Sittwe, local residents said.

Farmers in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, are facing difficulties harvesting their paddy this season due to the threat of heavy weapons and airstrikes from Myanmar’s military regime.

The junta-controlled Union Election Commission (UEC) announced on December 6 that elections cannot be held in 71 village-tracts and wards in Sittwe and Kyaukphyu townships, according to Myanma Alinn Daily. All are areas nominally under military regime control.

Heavy fighting is ongoing between the military regime and an Arakan Army (AA)-led coalition in Laymyethna and Thabaung townships, with regime forces conducting repeated airstrikes, according to military sources.