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The Arakan Army (Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [23] abbreviated AA), sometimes referred to as the Arakha Army, is an ethno-nationalist armed organisation based in Rakhine State . Founded in April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA).
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), [13] [14] [15] formerly known as Harakah al-Yaqin (Arabic: حركة اليقين, lit. 'faith movement'), [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] is a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State , Myanmar .
The group started fighting against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army after peace activist, Mohib Ullah, was allegedly killed by the latter group on 29 September 2021. [ 2 ] On 6 February 2024 the Arakan Army and the RSO cooperated on a joint assault against ARA, who had captured a Border Guard Police camp along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border ...
In the western state of Rakhine, the Arakan Army, a powerful ethnic-minority armed group battling Myanmar’s military junta, said it seized a predominantly Rohingya town close to the Bangladesh ...
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 ...
Violent clashes have been ongoing in the northern part of Myanmar's Rakhine State since October 2016. Insurgent attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) have led to sectarian violence perpetrated by Myanmar's military and the local Buddhist population against predominantly Muslim Rohingya civilians.
The North Arakan Muslim League was founded in Akyab ... the Arakan Army began offering a safe haven for Rohingya living in Rakhine State to avoid conscription by the ...
The Arakan Army's self-proclaimed objectives are as follows: To gain the right to self-determination for the ethnic groups of Rakhine State. To safeguard the national identity and cultural heritage of the Rakhine people. To promote the national dignity and interests of the Rakhine people.