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Dozens of people were killed in an air strike by Myanmar's military government in the western state of Rakhine this week, the United Nations said, as the Southeast Asia nation's civil war nears ...
This handout photo provided by the Arakan Army shows the aftermath of an airstrike by Myanmar's army in Kyauk Ni Maw village, in Ramree township, in Rakhine state, Myanmar, on January 8, 2025.
In the western state of Rakhine, the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic-minority armed group battling Myanmar’s military junta, said it seized a predominantly Rohingya town close to the Bangladesh ...
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 . Founded in April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA).
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 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]
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 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 ...