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Myanmar’s military-backed government is escalating air strikes in two contested states, deepening the contradiction between its renewed international outreach and UN accusations that it targets civilian schools and hospitals.

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**Myanmar military** carried out Nov. 1 airstrikes in four Rakhine townships and at a Loikaw school, killing at least 15 people overall and wounding 32 in Rakhine, where 12 died.

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**Mrauk-U**’s makeshift clinic and maternity ward were struck during the Rakhine attacks; a week-old baby girl was killed when the building collapsed, four other people died, and her twin survived.

Newborn among 15 killed as Myanmar military strikes maternity clinic and school, sources say — SkimNews

By Straits Times Asia · Summarized & edited by Kapil Samant · 2026-11-02

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Myanmar military carried out Nov. 1 airstrikes in four Rakhine townships and at a Loikaw school, killing at least 15 people overall and wounding 32 in Rakhine, where 12 died.
Mrauk-U’s makeshift clinic and maternity ward were struck during the Rakhine attacks; a week-old baby girl was killed when the building collapsed, four other people died, and her twin survived.
Loikaw’s school was hit during classes on Nov. 1, killing three students and wounding five; KnHRG and Banyar Khun Aung said a Y-12 transport aircraft and fighter jet dropped more than 20 bombs, with no military movements or clashes nearby.
Arakan Army controls most of Rakhine state and has neared the capital, Sittwe, as the military-backed government escalates its campaign to retake territory held by resistance groups.
Thailand’s government said Thai fighter jets have been carrying out air patrols as the conflict spilled across the border, damaging homes and injuring at least one person on the Thai side; Anutin Charnvirakul urged Myanmar to exercise caution.
United Nations investigators accused Myanmar’s military in August of deliberate aerial attacks on civilian buildings, including schools and hospitals; Myanmar’s foreign ministry responded that the military “exercises maximum restraint to avoid civilian harm.”
Myanmar’s civil war has killed an estimated 100,000 people and displaced more than 3.5 million since the military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government in the 2021 coup, according to the UN.

Why it matters: The Arakan Army controls most of Rakhine and has neared Sittwe, while the military-backed government is expanding airstrikes to retake resistance-held territory. That territorial contest carries an immediate civilian cost: at least 15 deaths, including a newborn and three students, in a war the UN says has displaced more than 3.5 million people.