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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 ...
In September 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) launched an offensive to capture the town of Ann in Myanmar, the location of the headquarters of the Myanmar military's Western Command. The battle was a culmination of a year-long offensive by the Arakan Army to capture the entirety of Rakhine State.
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 ...
Between 4 February and 6 February, the Arakan Army launched attacks on Rakhine Border Guard Police (BGP) outposts in Maungdaw Township. The Arakan Army later alleged that the Rohingya ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army and Rohingya Solidarity Organisation fought alongside the Rakhine BGP, allegations they gave no ...
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]
Border outpost in Brest, Belarus. A border outpost, [1] border out post, [2] border observation post [3] or BOP [4] [5] is an outpost maintained by a sovereign state on its border, usually one of a series placed at regular intervals, to watch over and safeguard its border with a neighboring state with which it may or may not have friendly relations.
The Rohingya conflict is an ongoing conflict in the northern part of Rakhine State, Myanmar (formerly known as Arakan, Burma), [37] characterised by sectarian violence between the Rohingya Muslim and Rakhine Buddhist communities, a military crackdown on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar's security forces, [38] [39] [40] and militant attacks by Rohingya insurgents in Buthidaung, Maungdaw, and ...
] The Arakan Army, founded in 2009, is currently the largest insurgent group in Rakhine State, with around 7,000 fighters. [125] On 4 January 2019, around 300 Arakan Army insurgents launched pre-dawn attacks on four border police outposts—Kyaung Taung, Nga Myin Taw, Ka Htee La and Kone Myint—in northern Buthidaung Township. [126]