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The Arakan Army (Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [22] abbreviated AA), sometimes referred to as the Arakha Army, is an ethno-nationalist armed organisation based in Rakhine State ().
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 ...
Members of the Arakan Army had often entered the locality of Thanchi on horses to replenish their food and materiel. On 14 July 2015, the BGB rescued two Myanmar soldiers captured by the Arakan Army. [2] On 25 August 2015, the BGB confiscated ten horses that were being used by the Arakan Army to transport supplies. Later that day the Arakan ...
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]
It also has an airport, which is now in control of the Arakan Army. The Arakan Army begun the offensive to capture the township on 24 March 2024, as part of the larger Rakhine offensive (2023-present). The offensive started in November 2023, concurrently with Operation 1027 launched by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, since the AA is a member of it.
The Arakan Army and its political wing United League of Arakan (ULA) started asserting administrative control over the region since the coup, issuing stay-at-home orders on 20 July in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to announcing the setting up of a dispute resolution mechanism and asking civilians to report crimes to the ULA on ...
The Arakan Army (Kayin State) (Burmese: ရခိုင့်တပ်တော်) is a Rakhine insurgent group based in Kayin State, Myanmar. [ 1 ] Objectives
According to the Arakan Army and Rohingya refugees, ARSA forcibly press gangs young men and boys to fight with the Myanmar military; most soldiers later flee. [91] On 10 June, five ARSA members including Moulovi Akij, a top ARSA commander wanted for the murder of Mohib Ullah, were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in Ukhiya. [92]