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An airstrike by the Myanmar junta killed 28 people, including nine children, at a temporary detention area in western Rakhine state, a local ethnic minority rebel group said.. The Arakan Army (AA ...
A powerful ethnic minority armed group battling Myanmar's army in the country's west claimed Monday to have taken hundreds of government soldiers prisoner when it captured a major command post.
The Arakan Army (Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [23] abbreviated AA), sometimes referred to as the Arakha Army, is an ethno-nationalist armed organisation based in Rakhine State . Founded in April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA).
The Arakan Army captured most remaining Tatmadaw bases in Minbya by 6 February, almost taking full control of the township. On the same day, the Arakan Army seized the Taung Pyo junta outpost along the border with Bangladesh in Maungdaw Township. [28] The Arakan Army captured Kyauktaw the next day and continued fighting in Mrauk U and Ramree. [29]
The group started fighting against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army after peace activist, Mohib Ullah, was allegedly killed by the latter group on 29 September 2021. [ 2 ] On 6 February 2024 the Arakan Army and the RSO cooperated on a joint assault against ARA, who had captured a Border Guard Police camp along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border ...
The Arakan Army's self-proclaimed objectives are as follows: To gain the right to self-determination for the ethnic groups of Rakhine State. To safeguard the national identity and cultural heritage of the Rakhine people. To promote the national dignity and interests of the Rakhine people.
It was founded at a conference between Rakhine insurgent groups in-exile in 2004, [1] and also has an armed wing in Kayin State, known as the Arakan Army. [2] Naing Soe, a senior leader of the ANC, was arrested in February 2018, following a series of bombings in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State. [3]
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...