Myanmar air strike kills 14 praying at monastery, rebel witnesses say

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A Myanmar military air strike on a monastery killed 14 civilians gathered for a meditation retreat, according to rebel witnesses. This tragedy is part of the ongoing civil war since the 2021 military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government.

A Myanmar military air strike on a monastery where civilians were gathered for a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent killed 14 people, two rebel fighters who witnessed the aftermath said. Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military staged a 2021 coup ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Over the past five years, more than 100,000 people are estimated to have been killed across all sides as the military battles an...