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On 14 November, the junta had already abandoned around 40 outposts in Rakhine state after attacks by the Arakan Army, but few came under their immediate control. [16] Dozens of Myanmar security officers surrendered to the Arakan Army the following day.
By early June 2024, only five outposts on the border with Bangladesh remained under the control of the junta, as the Arakan Army captured the Border Guard Station No. 6 in Inn Din village on 6 June. [ 354 ] 28 more soldiers of the Tatmadaw fled to Bangladesh and were handed over to the Border Guard Bangladesh on 11 June after escaping from the ...
The 2019 Buthidaung raids were a series of attacks on January 4, 2019, where militants from Arakan Army simultaneously attacked four Tatmadaw police outposts in villages surrounding Buthidaung, Rakhine State, Myanmar, killing thirteen policemen and injuring nine others.
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 ...
A rebel group in Myanmar’s northern state of Kachin said its troops on Thursday attacked more than 10 army outposts along the main road to the state capital of Myitkyina, increasing the pressure ...
The first fighting in Rakhine since the operation began took place in Rathedaung and Minbya townships, breaking an informal ceasefire that had been in place in the region and marking the beginning of the Rakhine Offensive. The AA reported that it had seized outposts and arrested some officers. [126]
These clashes escalated throughout August to November, with 100 battles occurring in nine Rakhine townships. [28] Thirty-six Tatmadaw outposts were destroyed, thirty-one of which were in northern Maungdaw. [28] The Tatmadaw launched a counteroffensive in November, but with major civilian casualties. A truce was signed on November 26. [28]
According to an ARSA spokesperson, the group was founded as Harakah al-Yaqin (lit. ' Faith Movement ') in 2013, following the 2012 Rakhine State riots. [20] [3] A former member of ARSA described how he was recruited by the group's leader, Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi, three years prior to the attacks in October 2016.