Myanmar escalating aerial attacks on civilians: UN

GENEVA, Aug 11: The Myanmar military has escalated its aerial attacks against civilians, with the conflict ravaging the country showing no signs of abating, UN investigators said Tuesday.
The military stepped up such attacks and other crimes against civilians in the lead-up to the elections completed in January, and these strikes have since "continued unabated", the United Nations' Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) said.
The deeply restricted polls held by the ruling military junta delivered a walkover win for its allies in civilian politics.
The IIMM's annual report, covering July 2025 to June 2026, documented a pattern of deliberate aerial attacks on civilians, arbitrary detentions, torture and sexual violence committed by the Myanmar military.�" AFP