A Myanmar military air strike killed at least 31 people and wounded 68 at the general hospital in Mrauk-U in western Rakhine state on Thursday evening, said on-site aid worker Wai Hun Aung. The strike occurred as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month, AFP news agency reported. Conflict monitors say the junta has increased air strikes year-on-year since Myanmar’s civil war began after the military snatched power in a 2021 putsch ending a decade-long experiment with democracy. The military has set polls starting December 28, touting the vote as an off-ramp to fighting, but rebels have pledged to block it from territory they control, which the junta is battling to claw back. "The situation is very terrible," he said. "As for now, we can co

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