Clashes remain intense between opposing forces in Yekyi and Thabaung townships of Ayeyarwady Region as the military junta continues large-scale offensives, according to military sources.

Basic education enrollment is declining significantly in areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State, according to a report published this month by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) titled “ULA/AA’s Governance and Beyond-Control Challenges.”

A junta column of around 200 troops advancing toward the Nat Yay Kan tactical base, the military's last remaining stronghold along the Ann-Padan Road, retreated with heavy casualties after being intercepted by the Arakan Army, according to a ground military source.

A diarrhoea outbreak is spreading across Sittwe and nearby villages in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, with deaths reported among affected residents, according to local sources.

Mosquito-borne diseases are spreading across several villages in the Panmyaunggyi Creek area of Anjanapura Township, an area controlled by the Arakan Army, according to local residents.

A 17-year-old girl from Ramree Town, Arakan State, was beaten, robbed and raped in Taungup Township, with the alleged perpetrator currently in the custody of the Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security (DLEPS).

Nearly 100 displaced persons at the Kanhtaunggyi displacement camp in Myebon Township, Arakan State, are facing severe livelihood hardships due to a lack of humanitarian aid and support, according to local sources.

Cholera and diarrhoea cases continue to surge across Yangon Region, resulting in at least one death and more than 260 infections, according to statements released by the military junta's Yangon Region government.

Captain Zin Yaw, a military defector, assessed that the military junta might grant concessions to the demands of the ethnic armed organizations it meets with, subsequently leveraging those agreements to exert pressure on other ethnic armed forces and revolutionary groups.

Heavy clashes have broken out between the military junta and the Arakan Army near the Taung Maw Oo naval station in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, with both sides exchanging heavy artillery fire, according to military sources.

At least 65 civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured in military junta airstrikes across Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State over the past two weeks, according to data compiled by DMG.

The military junta is launching heavy offensives using various tactics and methods in an attempt to penetrate Arakan State, which is controlled by the Arakan Army, according to a statement released by the ethnic Arakanese armed group on August 14.

Digital repression persisted from May to July across areas controlled by the military junta, revolutionary forces and ethnic armed organizations throughout Myanmar, according to a report by the Myanmar Internet Project (MIP).

Thefts have increased in recent days across several townships controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State, according to local residents and victims.

Military junta airstrikes have caused 11 mass-casualty incidents, each resulting in at least 10 civilian casualties, in Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State so far this year, according to data compiled by DMG.

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said it is investigating war crimes allegedly committed by the military junta in Arakan State.

Residents of Thandwe Township, Arakan State, are facing severe livelihood and food security challenges as relentless airstrikes by the military junta disrupt daily earnings.

Damage along the Myebon-Ann Road is severely disrupting travel between southern and northern Arakan State and causing major delays to the movement of goods.

The group included 13 students under the age of 20. They were released on bail into the custody of their guardians during a ceremony held in Kyauktaw Township.