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The Arakan Army launched surprise assaults on two outposts of the Border Guard Police, a paramilitary force, in Rakhine’s Rathedaung township, according to independent online media and area ...
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]
In Maungdaw Township, AA also captured a border outpost forcing 179 junta soldiers to flee into neighboring Bangladesh. [47] On 17 March, the Arakan Army captured the town of Rathedaung, cutting off Sittwe from northern Rakhine State. [48]
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 junta is facing its biggest battlefield challenge since its 2021 coup, with coordinated rebel attacks on military posts in Shan state, bordering China, and in western Rakhine state. An air ...
The fighting in Rakhine broke out last November when a ceasefire between the AA and the junta collapsed, leading to a string of battlefield successes for the rebels.
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 ...
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 ...