A Myanmar military air strike on a village market in the country’s westernmost state killed at least 17 people, two local sources said on Wednesday (February 25, 2026).
Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military staged a coup five years ago, provoking armed resistance from democracy activists and ethnic minority factions that have long held sway in the nation’s fringes.
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The western coastal state of Rakhine is among the worst-hit regions. Controlled almost entirely by the ethnic minority Arakan Army (AA), it has been blockaded by the junta and pummeled with regular air strikes.
The junta’s air force hit the village of Yoe Ngu in Ponnagyun township, around 33 kilometres (20 miles) northeast of state capital Sittwe on Tuesday, according to the AA and a local volunteer group.
