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In February 2024, Myanmar's military authorities activated the People's Military Service Law, giving them a legal basis to conscript men and women of eligible age into a conflict the military has struggled to sustain. In practice, much of this recruitment appears to be carried out through detention, coercion and disappearance rather than formal call-up, and often without notice to families.

Myanmar Witness has investigated seven reported Myanmar Air Force airstrikes on sites holding captured military personnel across Rakhine, Shan, and Kayah states between October 2024 and March 2026. Verified footage and satellite imagery show shackled detainees, barred cells, and damage consistent with aerial attacks, with more than 200 people killed or injured across the seven incidents.

A two-part CIR investigation examines the use of displacement orders in Gaza between January and July 2025. It assesses what those orders meant in practice for civilians directed into shrinking safe zones, cut off from hospitals and water infrastructure, and prevented from returning to areas absorbed into an expanding military buffer zone.

CIR has documented the burning of civilian infrastructure across Kauda, South Kordofan, and at least five surrounding settlements between 2 and 16 May 2026, corroborated by satellite imagery, geolocated footage, and witness testimony.

In late April, two opposing armed groups staged a series of attacks in eastern DRC, leaving at least 69 dead and prompting an intervention by MONUSCO, the UN’s peacekeeping force in the region. These groups are just two among an estimated 120 armed actors currently operating in the region. But what drives such a fragmented picture? To answer this question, we spoke to some of our expert investigators for insights into the complex array of belligerents in eastern DRC.

On 4 May 2026, strikes hit Khartoum. CIR geolocated three videos confirming a smoke plume north of the airport.

Drawing on more than two years of open-source investigations, CIR has mapped verified incidents of strikes, sieges, demolitions, sniper fire, and the systematic destruction of medical infrastructure across Gaza’s hospitals. This article brings that evidence together into a single account of the dismantling of Gaza’s healthcare system

As the RSF continues its eastward advance through central Sudan, CIR has been tracking and verifying conflict activity across South Kordofan throughout March and April 2026. Using satellite data and verified footage, CIR documented evidence of conflict activity near civilian infrastructure in Dilling and Al Hamadi, including by a hospital, university, and major water reservoir.

Religious buildings, protected as civilian objects and cultural property under international humanitarian law, have become scenes of devastation in Myanmar.

Eastern DRC’s abundant natural resources and the habitats that host them are just one of the many victims of the ongoing conflict. Armed groups turn to these resources as a means of conflict financing, while at the same time the precarious conditions of millions of people displaced by the conflict itself put further strain on protected areas harbouring the raw materials needed for survival. Read the article in full to find out more about the relationship between armed conflict in eastern DRC and the region’s resources.