UN officials alarmed by civilian targeting amid renewed fighting in Myanmar

Fierce fighting broke out in early July in eastern Myanmar, collapsing a ceasefire between the military and a coalition of three ethnic armed groups that had banded together in October last year against the junta.

Reports indicate that the ethnic armed groups have captured key regional towns, while the tatmadaw – as the Myanmar armed forces are known – has employed heavy weapons, including artillery and airstrikes. Hundreds of civilians…