Northern Arakan, consisting of contemporary Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships, has since the late eighteenth century been a region of intermittent unrest and refugee flows. Thousands of Rohingya ...

The Arakan Army's growing territorial gains, and seemingly undeterred momentum, have raised questions about the rebel group's ultimate goal.Since Myanmar's military staged a coup and ousted the ...

The Arakan Army says that it is ready to engage in "political dialogue" and vowed to safeguard foreign investments in Rakhine State. The AA has entered into alliances and built on terrain and ...

Rohingya youth who were conscripted by the military to defend Buthidaung town against the advancing Arakan Army share their stories with The Diplomat. Rohingya interviewees in Rakhine State can be ...

The capture by the Arakan Army of a strategically important regional army headquarters in Rakhine state would put it a step closer to seizing control of the entire state, a goal not achieved by ...

A deadly battle has again intensified between the Arakan Army (AA), the rebel group of Rakhine state, and the junta regime in Myanmar. This time, the center of the fight is Kyaukphyu Township ...

(COX’S BAZAR, March 12, 2025)–The Government of Bangladesh and the Arakan Army (AA) should immediately facilitate humanitarian aid and cross-border trade to reach war-affected civilians in ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has successfully brought back 26 fishermen from the Arakan Army, who had been abducted from different times in the Naf River in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. The fishermen were ...

New Delhi: Rakhine State is witnessing the rising tension between Myanmar’s rebel group, the Arakan Army (AA), and the junta regime. According to the reports, the clashes erupted after AA ...

Speculation over the Arakan Army's demand for "tariff" from the border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar was confirmed by Home Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury yesterday.

The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group’s control of the northern part of Rakhine state complete and marks another advance in its bid for self-rule there. Rakhine has become a focal point ...

This French fighter jet roars in Ukraine’s skies, Russia is in trouble because…, dangerous than… A deadly battle has again intensified between the Arakan Army (AA), the rebel group of ...