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│ Myanmar military escalates civilian │

│ killings, monitor warns │

│ feature - NBC News / ACLED - │

│ independent/independent [MMR] │

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│ ACLED documents 12+ mass-killing incidents │

│ by the military in H1 2026 (450+ civilians │

│ dead) with intensified aerial bombing since │

│ the March command restructure; the junta │

│ holds ~21% of territory against ~42% │

│ resistance-held, with ~5.2M displaced and a │

│ loyalist installed as commander-in-chief │

│ after an opposition-banning election. │

│ Gold-standard conflict monitor; confidence │

│ up. │

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│ https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/myanmar- │

│ military-escalates-civilian-killings-monito │

│ r-warns-rcna589385 │

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│ Junta presses three-column offensive on │

│ southern Myawaddy with daily airstrikes │

│ medium - Mizzima - unknown/tilt [MMR] │

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│ Junta forces advanced in at least three │

│ columns toward Phalu, Min Let Pan and Lay │

│ Kay Kaw with daily airstrikes into a 21st │

│ day of fighting against KNLA-led forces, │

│ reportedly taking heavy casualties without │

│ securing control, while the ASEAN │

│ Five-Point-Consensus track sits in 'serious │

│ deadlock' and a monitor warns of escalating │

│ civilian killings. Exile outlet, anti-junta │

│ tilt; no junta figures usable. Myanmar │

│ conflict held near -9 with confidence up. │

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│ https://eng.mizzima.com/2026/07/28/36794 │

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