Resistance groups nearly succeeded in capturing junta outposts in Pekon Township but regime forces counterattacked with artillery and troop reinforcements.
The Chin National Defense Force says it and its allies clashed with regime forces 11 times in May and June.
Than Shwe’s right-hand man Dr. Tha Yin Myat and his family are among the main donors to a $540,000 Yangon monastery likely opened to mark Min Aung Hlaing’s 66th birthday.
Resistance groups say they are attacking regime raiding parties.
The regime says its forces continue to hold the Ukayit Hta outpost near the Thai border.
Rights groups say that sexual assaults on political prisoners are on the rise.
Pyu Saw Htee militia in Sagaing Region threatened the eight-year-old victim’s family and stole almost a third of the compensation money paid to them by the would-be rapist.
Two junta jets bombed an Arakan Army base in an area controlled by the KNLA near the Thai border Monday, killing and wounding AA troops and destroying buildings.
Regime jets have been targeting villages near where its strategic Ukayit Hta outpost is under attack.
Lieutenant General Aung Lin Dwe is secretary of the State Administration Council not because of ability but because of his unquestioning allegiance to the coup leader.
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