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CIR verified FPV drone footage from 10 September 2026 as showing attacks on Tada-U Airbase, a Myanmar Air Force (MAF) site. While state media described the incident as an attack on a civilian airport, CIR identified the five attacks as directed at MAF hangars. The footage does not show whether any aircraft were damaged.

CIR verified 81 incidents across Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon between 1 July and 28 September 2026, which indicate that Israel’s government and military appear to be pursuing a systematic expansion of its territory.

CIR has found that A7 appears to be setting up payment services for international customers through front companies, in a significant and concerning new step. CIR identified three online platforms that allow users to transfer money across borders by exchanging cryptocurrency. These platforms target users in Africa, Asia, the UAE, and Brazil.

CIR’s Myanmar Witness geolocated an explosion in Sittwe Town on 23 October 2026, confirming two deaths and 12 injured. Myanmar Witness could not identify who was responsible. AI-generated images and recycled footage were also circulating online, presented as relating to the explosion.

CIR assessed that political divisions within both the government and the armed opposition could contribute to rising violence in Unity State ahead of South Sudan’s 22 December general elections. A split within the SPLA/M-IO has led to three clashes since 13 October, while reported links between the caretaker governor’s allies and armed youth groups point to a high risk of armed mobilisation.

On 24 October, 46 people were reportedly killed in an attack at St Rufael’s Orthodox Church in Chole, Sherka Woreda, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region. Many of those killed were apparently followers of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. CIR has analysed footage to verify what happened.