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August 14, 2025 |
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Rangers evacuate a wounded KNLA soldier under threat of gunfire in central Karen State. |
Flooding, Burma Army Attacks Displace Thousands Across Burma |
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Since late July, monsoon flooding in Kler Lwe Htoo District displaced over 67,000 people and closed 55 schools, while Burma Army attacks killed or injured at least 21 civilians and resistance members. In early August, clashes and strikes across Karen and Karenni states caused more casualties and displacement, with Rangers evacuating over 1,000 IDPs, treating wounded, providing medical aid to hundreds, supporting teachers, and even delivering twin babies amid the violence. |
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Left: Monsoon flooding has greatly impacted Kler Lwe Htoo District, Karen State, resulting in thousands of displaced people. Right: Rangers treat local civilians in Kler Lwe Htoo District. |
Top: Monsoon flooding has greatly impacted Kler Lwe Htoo District, Karen State, resulting in thousands of displaced people. Bottom: Rangers treat local civilians in Kler Lwe Htoo District. |
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Kler Lwe Htoo District suffered dramatic floods from monsoon rains, displacing over 67,000 people. Meanwhile, Burma Army drone and mortar strikes resulted in four casualties and the destruction of multiple homes.
Residents of more than 136 villages (12,963 families of 67,416 people) have fled their homes in Mone and Ler Doh townships since late July due to intense flooding from the rainy season. More than 55 schools from these communities had to close, pausing education for thousands of students.
In Ler Doh Township, the Burma Army launched three drone strikes resulting in two people injured and multiple houses destroyed. A Burma Army drone from Ba Bu Gon Village area dropped a bomb in Kyeit Gwein on Aug. 4, destroying one house. The same day, at Nwe A Chaung Village, Burma Army troops launched a drone bomb, destroying houses and causing minor injuries to two local security personnel. On Aug. 5, a Burma Army drone struck again, destroying houses and one motorcycle. On Aug. 4, near Shwe Ka Mo, Rangers provided medical treatment for IDPs who had fled their homes.
In Mone Township, the Burma Army fired a heavy mortar into Ma U Bin Village on Aug. 8, killing a 20-year-old father named Ye Linn Thu and injuring a 27-year-old father. |
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Left: Rangers stabilize a wounded KNLA soldier as they evacuate him for intensive care via pickup truck. Right: Rangers treat a Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) soldier injured by a Burma Army drone attack. |
Top: Rangers stabilize a wounded KNLA soldier as they evacuate him for intensive care via pickup truck. Bottom: Rangers treat a Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) soldier injured by a Burma Army drone attack. |
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Across central Karen State, Burma military airstrikes, artillery shelling, and drone attacks injured 20 people, killed one person, and damaged or destroyed six civilian structures.
Burma Army and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) forces clashed in two places in Dooplaya District: Ya Pu Gyi Village, Kruh Tu Township, between Aug. 2 and 3, and around Waw Lay hill, Wallay City, Kaw T’ree Township, between Aug. 5 and 8. The Burma military conducted jet fighter airstrikes, artillery shelling, airdrop resupply, and various types of drone attacks to support their ground forces. Burma military attacks were also directed at three civilian targets, injuring one villager, killing one villager, damaging a monastery, and damaging or destroying five houses. |
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Left: Amid a warzone, Rangers assist in the delivery of twins to a displaced mother. Right: Under the glow of a headlamp, Rangers perform a lifesaving blood transfusion. |
Top: Amid a warzone, Rangers assist in the delivery of twins to a displaced mother. Bottom: Under the glow of a headlamp, Rangers perform a lifesaving blood transfusion. |
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Near Theinkhon Village, Tanintharyi Township, Mergui-Tavoy District, clashes between the Burma Army leave one Kawthoolei Army (KTLA) soldier dead and four wounded. Rangers provided medical treatment to the victims, taught a medical class, and assisted a pregnant IDP in delivering twin babies.
On Aug. 3, Rangers assisted a pregnant IDP in delivering twin babies. During a firefight near Theinkhon Village on Aug. 7, one KTLA soldier, Sgt. Dawait (a.k.a. Little David), was killed by the Burma Army, from a drone-delivered 120mm mortar round. The following day, Rangers put on a medical training class for a medical team from the area. In another clash near the village of Theinkhon on Aug. 12, four KTLA soldiers were wounded by the Burma Army. Rangers provided medical treatment to the victims, including a blood transfusion and treatment for a pneumothorax. |
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Left: Rangers distribute vitamins to students at a school in West Demosso Township. Right: Participants in a health education class in West Demosso Township. |
Top: Rangers distribute vitamins to students at a school in West Demosso Township. Bottom: Participants in a health education class in West Demosso Township. |
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Rangers distributed antibiotics and vitamin A to 908 students and teachers in West Demosso Township and evacuated an injured resistance soldier to frontline CCP, while the Burma military attacked civilians in East Demosso Township.
In Loikaw District, Ranger medical team and Nightingale Clinic medics visited Khawhar and Kai Dain Sisaung Schools in West Demosso Township to provide anti-influenza vaccinations, health education, and post-vaccination care on Aug. 4. Rangers also visited Daw Si Ei IDP camp and Lepan Gone camp, distributing antibiotics and vitamin A to 464 students and 444 teachers, and treating 24 patients. On Aug. 7, Karenni Army (KA) and Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) soldiers attacked a Burma military camp located near Far Ti Mar Village, East Loikaw Township. Burma military responded by shooting 120mm mortars and launching drones. Three Burma Army soldiers were killed and 20 more wounded during the battle. One KNDF soldier was also wounded and Rangers transported him to the frontline CCP. Rangers documented a Burma military killing of two civilians in East Demosso Township on Aug. 8. One of them was a woman who was killed on her motorbike. |
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Left: Rangers evacuate IDPs from the Pawn River area. Right: Rangers support a La Ei Village teacher. |
Top: Rangers evacuate IDPs from the Pawn River area. Bottom: Rangers support a La Ei Village teacher. |
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Rangers evacuated 720 IDPs from east Phekhon Township and supported 11 teachers with 1.1 million kyats (about $520US).
Rangers evacuated and relocated 370 IDPs and villagers on Aug. 6, from villages in east Phekhon Township, southern Shan State. Resistance soldiers provided security for them as they fled from the Pawn River. On the same day in Elephant camp, Rangers evacuated another 350 IDPs and villagers from Kone Thar and Wan Khone villages in east Phekhon Township. On Aug. 7, in La Ei Village, Phekhon Township, Rangers provided encouragement and 1.1 million kyats in support to 11 teachers educating 420 students from kindergarten to grade 12. These teachers had received no assistance for four years following the coup. |
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