The separatist Arakan Army, which seems to be in effective control of over 80 per cent of the province, now appears to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Rakhine state is almost under the control of the rebel group Arakan Army, yet it is still struggling to defeat junta forces in three major cities including Sittwe. As a result, the Arakan Army ...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said the Arakan Army is an entity with which he believes a “necessary dialogue must take place” but stressed that it would be “extremely difficult” to ...

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 ...

If AA (Arakan Army) takes full control of Kyaukphyu ... since vital oil and gas pipelines to China’s southern Yunnan province pass through this region. In case of any disruption in energy ...

(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 ...