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The raids took place around 6:45 am on January 4, Myanmar's independence day, in a remote area of northern Buthidaung Township. [1] [4] Burmese state media stated 350 AA fighters took part in the raids, with 100 attacking Ngamyinbaw police outpost, 100 at Kyaungtaung outpost, 100 at Khahtihla outpost, and 50 at Gokepi police outpost. [5]
Ann's location is strategically important as the link between Rakhine and Magway via the Minbu-Ann road through the Arakan Mountains and as a gateway preventing AA from attacking southern Rakhine State. [66] On 27 March, Arakan Army forces seized a camp near Ge Laung village, Ann Township. [67]
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 ...
In 2022, Myanmar Armed Forces bombed the Bangladesh border after the Arakan Army seized a Myanmar police outpost in Maungdaw town in Rakhine State, according to a Prothom Alo news report. [23] In February 2024, during combat between Arakan Army and BGP, at least 264 Myanmar military personnel sought refuge in Bangladesh, where they were ...
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]
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 ...
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]
The border stretches 271.0 kilometres (168.4 miles), from the tripoint with India in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the south. [3] About 210 km (130 mi) of the border is fenced, with the government of Myanmar announcing in 2017 that it was planning to fence off the rest of the border. [4] [5]