Tag: Shan
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Toll of Displaced Surges as Fighting Continues in Myanmar’s Shan State – The Diplomat
[ad_1] Advertisement Up to 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to the recent upsurge of fighting in the northern part of Myanmar’s Shan State, “straining an already underresourced humanitarian response,” the United Nations said today. In its latest flash update on the situation in Myanmar, the U.N. Office for the Coordination…
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Aid workers hunt for bodies after shelling, air raids in Myanmar’s Shan state — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] At least 28 civilians have been killed in nearly six weeks of fierce fighting between junta forces and ethnic armies in Myanmar’s eastern Shan state, aid workers told RFA Wednesday. Junta troops shelled Moebye (also known as Moe Bye and Mobye) in the south of the state from May 25, and targeted the township…
