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Weekly Highlights from Arakan (March 9-15, 2026) 16 Mar 2026 In an era when daily news from Arakan is often fragmented and fast-changing, DMG's Weekly Highlights of Arakan brings clarity, depth, and context to the stories that matter most. (confirmed by 4 sources) [1]
On March 8, four Myanmar military jet fighters and four Y-12 aircraft carried out one of the deadliest airstrikes of the Rakhine war, launching repeated bombing runs for more than three hours. [2]
In the early weeks of 2026, an event along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border pierced the otherwise bleak regional narrative. [3]
Aung Marm Oo As the war in Myanmar’s Arakan State enters a decisive phase, one pattern has become impossible to ignore: the military council’s growing reliance on air power to strike former army bases it has already lost to the Arakan Army (AA). [4]
RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR – This year’s rainy season has brought a surge of malaria cases to Rakhine State, where ongoing war and international aid cuts have torn apart the disease control and prevention programs. [5]
The Myanmar junta appeared to be using their usual diplomacy playbook this week as they escorted foreign diplomats to Muslim Rohingya internally displaced people’s camps. [6]
Gov’t Blocks Ethnic Media Groups From Mobile Networks Three online ethnic media outlets in Burma are blocked on major mobile internet providers at a time when access to information has never been more importan [7]
Sittwe, Rakhine State — Myanmar’s military has opened a case against an editor and a reporter at the Sittwe-based Development Media Group (DMG) media group in Rakhine State under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law. [8]
Weekly Highlights from Arakan (March 9-15, 2026) 16 Mar 2026 In an era when daily news from Arakan is often fragmented and fast-changing, DMG's Weekly Highlights of Arakan brings clarity, depth, and context to the stories that matter most.
On March 8, four Myanmar military jet fighters and four Y-12 aircraft carried out one of the deadliest airstrikes of the Rakhine war, launching repeated bombing runs for more than three hours.
In the early weeks of 2026, an event along the Bangladesh–Myanmar border pierced the otherwise bleak regional narrative.
Aung Marm Oo As the war in Myanmar’s Arakan State enters a decisive phase, one pattern has become impossible to ignore: the military council’s growing reliance on air power to strike former army bases it has already lost to the Arakan Army (AA).
RAKHINE STATE, MYANMAR – This year’s rainy season has brought a surge of malaria cases to Rakhine State, where ongoing war and international aid cuts have torn apart the disease control and prevention programs.
The Myanmar junta appeared to be using their usual diplomacy playbook this week as they escorted foreign diplomats to Muslim Rohingya internally displaced people’s camps.
Gov’t Blocks Ethnic Media Groups From Mobile Networks Three online ethnic media outlets in Burma are blocked on major mobile internet providers at a time when access to information has never been more importan
Sittwe, Rakhine State — Myanmar’s military has opened a case against an editor and a reporter at the Sittwe-based Development Media Group (DMG) media group in Rakhine State under Article 66(d) of the Telecommunications Law.
DMG reporter Ko Htet Aung who was arrested and imprisoned Mizzima Burma News International (BNI) and its member organisations denounced the Myanmar junta’s sentence of five years imprisonment given to a reporter for the Rakhine State-based Developmen
The government will take legal action against those who run fake news pages after disinformation about the ruling National League for Democracy and a senior President’s Office official spread on social media last week.