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Myanmar: India should engage with resistance forces before China takes a lead
4 months, 1 week ago

Myanmar: India should engage with resistance forces before China takes a lead

Firstpost  

New Delhi must also prepare for the day after—a balkanisation of Myanmar following the collapse of junta control Following the 2021 military coup in Myanmar led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, junta forces are perilously close to defeat against the resistance. Paletwa, the inland water terminal of the flagship Multi-Modal Kaladan River Project to Mizoram, is shared on the …

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Ethnic armed group suspected of deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee Myanmar
5 months ago

Ethnic armed group suspected of deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee Myanmar

ABC  

An ethnic armed group resisting Myanmar's military government is suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on Rohingya Muslims trying to flee the war-torn country on Monday. However, two self-described survivors contacted by the Associated Press blamed the group for the attack, as did Rohingya activists and Myanmar's military government. Rohingya activists fear civilians could be targeted and thousands forced …

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Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Arakan Army Takes Key Town in Western Myanmar, While Denying Rohingya Attacks

The Diplomat  

The Arakan Army claimed on May 19 that it had seized control of a strategic town in western Myanmar after weeks of fighting, amid reports of arson attacks and mass displacement of Rohingya communities in the area. In the statement, Turk said that he was "deeply alarmed by reports of renewed violence and property destruction in Buthidaung township.” He added, …

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Fresh attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, UN decries beheadings, violence
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fresh attacks against Rohingya in Myanmar, UN decries beheadings, violence

ABC  

In short: A powerful ethnic armed group has asked residents to leave a town ahead of their planned offensive in Myanmar. Rohingya activists fear civilians could be targeted and thousands forced to leave their homes after a rebel group announced plans to attack Maungdaw, a town home to a large Muslim minority population in Myanmar's western Rakhine state. The UN …

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UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on Rohingya civilians by the military and an ethnic armed group fighting it. Throssell denounced signs of new attacks on Rohingya civilians by Myanmar’s military and the Arakan Army, the …

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‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Nowhere to go’: Rohingya face arson attacks in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Al Jazeera  

Rohingya, targeted by the Myanmar military in 2017, are caught in the middle as the Arakan Army and military battle in the western state. Fighting between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army has escalated in the western state of Rakhine in recent days, putting thousands of mostly Muslim Rohingya who live in the area at increased risk. “What we’re …

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Refugees who fled to India after latest fighting in Myanmar have begun returning home, officials say
1 year, 1 month ago

Refugees who fled to India after latest fighting in Myanmar have begun returning home, officials say

Associated Press  

GUWAHATI, India — More than half of the estimated 5,000 refugees who had fled the heavy fighting in Myanmar’s western Chin state and had entered northeastern India have begun returning home, Indian officials said Thursday. Sunday and Monday saw heavy fighting between the rebels and the Myanmar military in the Chin state across the border from Zokhawthar, a village of …

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Myanmar military removes rebel Arakan Army from ‘terrorist’ list
3 years, 10 months ago

Myanmar military removes rebel Arakan Army from ‘terrorist’ list

Al Jazeera  

Decision ‘removes distraction’ of fighting with armed rebels as crackdown continues with reports of more deaths on Thursday. Myanmar’s military government has removed the rebel Arakan Army from its list of “terrorist” groups because the faction has stopped attacks in order to help establish peace across the country, state media reported on Thursday. AA silent on coup Under pressure from …

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Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads
4 years, 8 months ago

Myanmar military steps up attacks as coronavirus spreads

Al Jazeera  

Tatmadaw steps up attacks in Rakhine despite epidemic, killing more than 40 people in April alone, say rights group. “While the country is dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the military is escalating its offensives against ethnic armed groups in Rakhine, Chin, Karen and northern Shan state,” said Naw Hser Hser, general-secretary of the Women’s League of Burma. “The military seizes …

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Myanmar: Arakan Army launches deadly raids on police posts
6 years ago

Myanmar: Arakan Army launches deadly raids on police posts

Al Jazeera  

Buddhist Rakhine fighters have killed 13 policemen and injured nine in attacks on police posts in Myanmar‘s troubled Rakhine State, the official news agency said. The official Myanmar News Agency said four police posts in the Buthidaung area in northern Rakhine came under attack from hundreds of Arakan Army fighters after daybreak on Friday. Khine Thu Kha, spokesman for the …

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