The military junta is planning to expand the runway at Manaung Airport in Manaung Township, Arakan State, an area under regime control, to allow larger commercial and transport aircraft to land.

Displaced civilians taking refuge in Werathani Township, Arakan State, are facing mounting survival and livelihood hardships amid continued aerial bombardments, naval shelling and artillery attacks by junta warships and artillery units based at the Regional Operations Command (ROC) in Sittwe.

Civilian casualties in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, continue to mount as the military junta carries out three consecutive days of aerial bombardments targeting villages and former military outposts.

A seventh-grade student was hospitalized after being mistakenly identified as an accomplice to a thief and allegedly beaten by personnel from the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security (DLEPS) in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, according to local sources.

Nearly nine out of ten journalist killings worldwide remain unresolved, with global impunity rising for the first time since 2012, according to a UNESCO report released on November 2.

Civilian casualties in Arakan State continue to rise as the military junta intensifies aerial bombardments of towns and villages under the control of the Arakan Army.

The United States has outlined a strategy to support a lasting peace agreement in Myanmar by 2030 while seeking greater access to rare-earth resources, expanding American trade and strengthening regional influence, according to a US State Department document approved on August 31, 2026.

A Buddhist monk was injured after the military junta launched airstrikes using jet fighters near U Soon Taung and Myarlikan villages in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, in the early hours of November 3.

The United League of Arakan and its armed wing, the Arakan Army (ULA/AA), have signed an agreement with a transport association in India's Mizoram State to improve cross-border trade and address disputes affecting the movement of essential goods into Arakan (Rakhine State) and southern Chin State.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists worldwide, as media professionals in Myanmar continue to face arrests, imprisonment, torture and threats to their safety.

Arakan (Rakhine State) recorded the joint-highest number of armed incidents in Myanmar in September 2026, while military airstrikes killed at least 50 civilians and injured 65 others in Kyauktaw Township, according to a report by independent research organisation Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica (NLTA).

Myanmar military airstrikes killed at least 14 civilians and injured 37 others across Arakan (Rakhine) State on November 1 and 2, including displaced people sheltering in Kyaukphyu Township, according to the Arakan Army (AA).

Vital regional transport routes have been severely disrupted after the Yoe Creek Bridge in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, was destroyed in an airstrike carried out by the military junta.

More than 8,600 civilians and pro-democracy activists have been killed, while over 32,000 people have been arrested for political reasons in Myanmar since the military coup on February 1, 2021, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).

At least 12 civilians, including a newborn baby, were killed and 32 others injured in a series of Myanmar military airstrikes across four townships in Arakan (Rakhine) State on November 1, according to the Arakan Army (AA).

Arakan (Rakhine) State recorded Myanmar’s highest combined civilian death and injury toll from military airstrikes between July and September 2026, with at least 98 people killed and 175 injured, according to a report released by Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica (NLTA) on October 31.

Battles between military junta forces and the Arakan Army are intensifying daily across Sittwe Township, the regime's last remaining stronghold in northern Arakan State, according to statements issued by the ethnic Arakanese armed group.

Around 300 junta soldiers were killed during a month of intense fighting between the military junta and joint resistance forces led by the Arakan Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) in Indaw Township, Katha District, Sagaing Region, according to a statement released on October 30 by Kawlin District Battalion 4.

Restrictions on freedom of expression, media freedom and administrative accountability persist in territories controlled by resistance armed groups and Ethnic Resistance Organizations (EROs) across Myanmar, according to a report by the advocacy group Athan.