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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 denied any involvement with the attack, blaming the fires on junta shelling during the course of the battle. [53] [54] [55] On 3 May, the Arakan Army captured the headquarters of the Border Guard Police in Maungdaw Township at Kyee Kan Pyin. [56] The Arakan Army began launching attacks on Maungdaw town on 21 May. [57]
Myanmar’s military has been emptying villages on the outskirts of the capital of the western state of Rakhine as part of an evident effort to defend against expected attacks by a powerful rebel ...
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 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 ...
On 14 November, 43 Myanmar Army soldiers attempted to flee across the border into the Indian state of Mizoram. Most of them were disarmed by the Assam Rifles and sent back to Myanmar. [77] [127] According to reports from the MNDAA, they had begun to attack Myanmar Army positions in Mawhtike, capturing two posts and killing 20 regime soldiers. [128]
According to a press release by the Arakan Army, 11 personnel, including four military engineers, were captured and 16 backhoe excavators, a car, a dump truck, and 60 mm and 80 mm mortars were confiscated. [78] In April, around 200 AA insurgents attacked the No. 31 Police Security Unit at 10 p.m.