Arakan in a sentence

Two Arakan Army troops were injured and around four Tatmadaw troops were killed and some were wounded during a 20-minute clash near Hta Yaw Ai in Paletwa Township on September 10, according to the Arakan Army.

In the west, a politically fragmented Arakan was under competing influences of its stronger neighbours until the Kingdom of Mrauk U unified the Arakan coastline for the first time in 1437.

It added that there had been reports of military shelling in Arakan Army-controlled areas.

Local sources say healthcare facilities are scarce in the remote coastal areas of Rakhine, which was ravaged by heavy fighting between junta troops and the Arakan Army from 2019 to 2022.

One case to consider is the bombing of a small Arakan Army (AA) outpost in Karen State on July 4, 2022, just meters from the Thai border.

The three Zimbabwean players and coach Musole are the latest to join the Arakan Barracks based side after Elessy Chilandula joined the club from Luyando Foundation Girls.

A Bangladeshi boy displays a bullet, allegedly shot from Myanmar during fighting between Myanmar security forces and Arakan Army, an ethnic minority army, in Ghumdhum, Bandarban, Bangladesh.

In this case the Arakan Army had help from Kachin State tribal rebels and have become a problem on both sides of the Bangladesh border.

On July 1, I visited the establishment of the Light Infantry Battalion 378, which has been occupied by the Arakan Army.

Since the beginning of our armed struggle in Arakan, we have never targeted any particular ethnic or religious group in the region.

The Arakan Army in October last year allied with two other insurgent groups and launched a joint offensive across northern Myanmar, seizing vital trade hubs on the Chinese border.

The military regime collaborated with the Rohingya terror group to defend Buthidaung against the Arakan Army, according to a captured Myanmar military major.

The rapid and expansive territorial gains by the Arakan Army (AA) following “Operation 1027” have dramatically altered the region’s power dynamics, bringing both new opportunities and significant risks.

Three of the witnesses told Reuters on Friday that the Arakan Army was responsible, allegations the group denied.

Arakan Front Party candidates also asked the election commission to remove Pauktaw township in Rakhine State from the no-voting areas on Oct. 22 since there was no fighting in the township.

A renewed conflict has raged in Rakhine and Chin states since December 2018 between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army.

On March 23, Myanmar declared the Arakan Army to be a terrorist group.

Pyithu Hluttaw lawmaker U Pe Than, from Arakan State’s Myebon Township, also criticised the Tatmadaw’s statement.

Since November, fighting has intensified in Rakhine between the military and the Arakan Army, driving tens of thousands of civilians from their homes.

The government has said the internet blackout is necessary because the Arakan Army uses mobile internet to coordinate attacks against officials, plant anti-personnel mines, and incite hatred against the authorities.