Military airstrike on gem mining town kills at least 21 in Myanmar
The incident was the latest in a series of frequent and deadly military airstrikes , often causing civilian casualties, that have intensified in a bid to reclaim territory from resistance groups amid the ongoing civil war that erupted after the army seized power in February 2021.
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