The military junta launched coordinated air and naval attacks on bridges along the Taungup-Maei-Ramree-Kyaukphyu road in Arakan State on November 14, damaging at least four bridges inside the Wunbaik Reserve Mangrove Forest, according to local sources.

The military junta has carried out an airstrike on Sunye Bridge, a key transport link between Anjanapura and Werathani townships, damaging the structure and disrupting travel for local residents, according to local sources.

At least eight internally displaced people were reportedly killed and more than 10 others injured when Myanmar's military carried out an airstrike on a displacement camp in Ponnagyun Township, western Myanmar's Arakan (Rakhine) State, on the evening of November 13, according to a local resident.

Two civilians were killed and eight others, including a seven-year-old child, were injured in a Myanmar military airstrike on Mrauk-U town in western Myanmar's Arakan (Rakhine) State on November 12, according to the Arakan Army (AA).

Arakan State recorded the highest civilian death toll from mass killing incidents across Myanmar during the third quarter of 2026, with at least 77 people killed, according to a report by independent research group Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica (NLTA).

An Arakanese internally displaced person (IDP) taking refuge in Setsetyo Village, Laymyethna Township, Ayeyarwady Region, was shot dead by a military junta column during an operation, according to local sources.

Farmers cultivating winter crops in Arakan State are facing severe seed shortages and soaring agricultural input costs amid transportation blockades and rising commodity prices, according to local sources.

The number of people begging for food and money in Sittwe, the Arakan State capital still under military junta control, has been rising as a lack of jobs and soaring commodity prices worsen living conditions, according to local residents.

Maternal and newborn deaths continue to be reported in Arakan State amid severe shortages of medicine and nutritious food, financial hardship and limited access to healthcare, according to local sources.

The Arakan People's Revolutionary Government (APRG) issued a directive on November 10 establishing a uniform measurement standard for paddy trading in areas under Arakan Army control.

A total of 49 women were killed and 45 others injured in military attacks across Myanmar between October 1 and 31, 2026, including 15 women killed in Arakan State, according to a report released by the Burmese Women's Union (BWU) on November 10.

Paddy fields across Arakan State are turning yellow and reddish before drying up completely amid soaring temperatures and water shortages, with farmers reporting severe heat damage to their crops.

The military regime continued conducting airstrikes across Myanmar in October, using various types of aircraft and aerial weapon systems. More than 75 percent of the attacks reportedly targeted civilian locations, according to a November 10 report by the Myanmar Defense & Security Institute (MDSI).

Drug trafficking and substance abuse are reportedly increasing in Manaung Township, Arakan State, which remains under military junta control, according to local residents.

The military regime seized control of strategically important Shweaungtha Village in Htilin Township, Magway Region, on November 9, as clashes continued in the surrounding area near the border with Mindat Township in southern Chin State.

The military regime, which controls Kyaukphyu in Arakan State, is conducting a census of residents interested in obtaining electricity connections as it prepares to introduce a power supply system operating in four-hour rotating shifts.

Myanmar's garment industry faces a deepening crisis as declining international orders, factory closures, labour rights concerns and restrictive economic policies threaten jobs, particularly those held by women, according to a new report by the Institute for Strategy and Policy – Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

An estimated 500,000 to 600,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) are living in areas controlled by the United League of Arakan (ULA) in western Myanmar's Arakan (Rakhine) State, where continuing conflict, food shortages and declining humanitarian assistance are worsening living conditions, according to a new report.

The military junta is pressing ahead with a major ground offensive and intensified airstrikes in an attempt to recapture Kuntaung Village in Ponnagyun Township, which is controlled by the Arakan Army, according to military sources.