Myanmar's military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed, according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd. The Southeast Asian country has been engulfed in a civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, prompting pro-democracy People's Defense Forces (PDF) to ally with ethnic minority armed groups against the junta. A military strike on a festival and anti-junta protest in central Myanmar on Monday evening