The AA has entered into alliances and built on terrain and other advantages to emerge as a formidable organization in Rakhine State. Of all the ethnic armed organizations operating in Myanmar, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rakhine State stands at a pivotal moment as the Arakan Army (AA) edges closer to seizing control of Myanmar’s strategic western ...

One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar’s army has claimed the capture of the last army outpost in the strategic western town of Maungdaw, gaining full control of the ...

The Arakan Army (AA), the ethnic armed organization for the Arakan (Rakhine) people, has now seized control of almost all of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the notable exceptions of the capital of ...

The Arakan Army (AA) has gradually become the dominant military force in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. It has captured more than 80 percent of the western state, leaving only a few key urban areas such as ...

(Bangkok) – The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed group in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, has imposed severe restrictions and committed grave abuses against the ethnic Rohingya population, Human Rights ...

Arakan Army Commander-in-Chief Maj Gen Twan Mrat Naing has said they are expected to secure “final victory” in Rakhine State by 2027. He made the comments at an event marking the group’s 17th founding ...

Naypyidaw: Fighting in Myanmar has escalated once again as rebel forces and the military junta clash in multiple locations. The junta is attempting to push back the Arakan Army, known as AA, from ...

Nepal, July 4 -- Since December 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) has been entrenching itself in the Rakhine state after the fall of the Western Regional Military Command at Ann Township in central Rakhine.