Myanmar military escalates civilian killings, monitor warns
ACLED documents 12+ mass-killing incidents by the military in H1 2026 (450+ civilians dead) with intensified aerial bombing since the March command restructure; the junta holds ~21% of territory against ~42% resistance-held, with ~5.2M displaced and a loyalist installed as commander-in-chief after an opposition-banning election. Gold-standard conflict monitor; confidence up.