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    Myanmar: Junta air strike kills 40

    Vincent OsuwoBy Vincent OsuwoJanuary 9, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    The United States has carried out successful airstrikes in Iran, destroying nuclear sites in the Arab nation. This was announced in a statement on X by US President Donald Trump on Sunday. According to the statement, the successful airstrike led to the destruction of three nuclear sites in Iran. Trump disclosed that “a full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary sites” in Fordow, Natanz and Esfahan, turning the nuclear sites into ruins. This intervention by the US comes after protracted airstrikes between Israel and Iran, which have led to the death of over 200 people and the destruction of properties. In a bid to stop Iran from the completion of its nuclear weapons, Israel launched missile strikes into Iran last Friday, killing some army chiefs and nuclear scientists. In retaliation, the Arab nation attacked Tel Aviv with nuclear weapons, targeting residential areas and even a hospital in Beersheba, Southern Israel. In a bid to quell the hostilities between both nations, Trump demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran, a call which infuriated the Supreme Leader of Iran, who vowed never to surrender. According to Trump, all US fighter jets which carried out the bombings in Iran have successfully returned to American soil with no casualties recorded. “We have completed our very successful attack on three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz and Estahan,” Trump said. “All planes are now outside of Iran airspace,” he added. “A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. “All planes are safely on their way home. Congratulations to our very great warriors. There is not another military in the world that could have done this; now is the time for peace. “Thank you for your attention to this matter,” the US president added. At the time of filing this report, Iran had yet to confirm the attack; however, its Supreme Leader, who has gone into hiding in underground bunkers for fear of assassination, had threatened to attack America in the event it carries out an attack in Iran.
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    A rescue worker and an ethnic minority armed group told AFP on Thursday that a Myanmar junta airstrike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state. 

    The Arakan Army (AA) is fighting the military for control of Rakhine, where it has seized swathes of territory in the past year, all but cutting off the capital Sittwe.

    The Rakhine conflict is one element of the bloody chaos that has engulfed Myanmar since the military ousted Aung San Suu K.

    According to AA spokesperson Khaing Thu Kha, a military jet bombed Kyauk Ni Maw on Ramree Island around 1:20 pm (0650 GMT) on Wednesday, causing a fire that engulfed over 500 houses.

    • Myanmar: Military strike on school kills eight children

    “According to initial reports, 40 innocent civilians were killed and 20 were wounded,” he said.

    A local rescue group member reported 41 deaths and 52 injuries.

    “At the moment, we don’t even have enough betadine and methylated spirit to treat them, as the transportation is hard,” the rescue worker said on condition of anonymity to protect their safety.

    Ramree Island is home to a planned China-backed deep-sea port that will serve as a gateway for Beijing to the Indian Ocean, but construction has been halted by the unrest.

    Photos of the aftermath of the bombing show dazed residents walking through charred, smoking ruins, the ground littered with corrugated metal, trees stripped bare of leaves, and buildings reduced to a few scraps of walls.

    The military is struggling to fight opposition to its rule.

    In addition to the youth-led “People’s Defence Forces” that arose to counter the coup, the military is fighting various long-established and well-equipped ethnic minority armed organisations, including the AA, that hold huge sections of land along the country’s border.

    In November, the United Nations Development Programme warned that Rakhine was on the verge of famine as violence hampered commerce and agricultural production.

    The United Nations said this week that the violence in Myanmar had displaced more than 3.5 million people, an increase of 1.5 million from last year.

    The picture for the coming year was “grim,” according to the UN humanitarian organisation OCHA, with 19.9 million people—more than a third of the population—expected to require assistance by 2025.

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