A Myanmar military airstrike on the town of Kyauktaw in Rakhine state (a coastal region in western Myanmar long beset by ethnic conflict) has killed at least seven civilians, including a five-year-old child. The military's air force has played a central role in its campaign against pro-democracy armed groups, but human rights organisations have repeatedly accused it of conducting indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas. The attack underscores the ongoing toll on non-combatants as Myanmar's civil war, sparked by the 2021 military coup, continues.