"When the bombs started falling, they were almost beautiful like the purple blossoms of the banana tree, Manwara and her sister Shamshida would recall later. Their family was on the run, escaping the mortar fire that drove them from their home in Hari Fara."
"This violence was not at the hands of the military, though. Instead, it was from a pro-democracy rebel group that was raised to fight the army. The persecution they are inflicting on the Rohingya airstrikes, mass arson, sexual violence is torn from the government's old playbook."
"After years of civil war, the military junta that overthrew a democratic, civilian government in 2021 has lost control of about two-thirds of the country's territory. Yet the victories by the armed resistance... offer no moral certainty."
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