Burma's internal war spills into Thailand

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[4]The Burmese junta's relentless aerial terror [5] continues to target [6] critical civilian infrastructure. But the aerial campaign is increasingly spilling over into neighboring Thailand. Recent air-strikes have damaged homes and injured residents in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, across the line from Burma's conflicted Karen state. Monitoring group ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) has recorded more than 50 such "spillover" incidents [7] from Burma since 2021, including 13 along Thailand's border. The Royal Thai Air Force is now patrolling the shared border with fighter jets. Burma's military is waging an intense counter-insurgency on the borderlands against ethnic Karen rebels. Thousands of Karen refugees [8] have fled across the border to seek precarious refuge in Thai territory. (Map: PCL [9])

The Burmese junta's relentless aerial terror [5] continues to target hospitals [6] and other critical civilian infrastructure. Air-strikes on a maternity clinic, a school and residential areas in Rakhine and Kayah states on Nov. 1-2 killed 15 people [10], including a newborn. But the aerial campaign is increasingly spilling over into neighboring Thailand. Earlier air-strikes on Oct. 31 damaged homes and injured one person in Thailand's Mae Hong Son province, across the line from Burma's conflicted Karen (Kayin) state. The monitoring group ACLED (Armed Conflict Location & Event Data) has recorded more than 50 such "spillover" incidents [7] from Burma since 2021, including 13 along Thailand's border. The Royal Thai Air Force is now patrolling the shared border with fighter jets.

Burma's military, the Tatmadaw, is waging an intense counter-insurgency on the borderlands against ethnic Karen rebels. Thousands of Karen refugees [8] have fled across the border to seek precarious refuge in Thai territory. (TNH [11], TNI [12], Myanmar Now [13])