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 ...

Not just in Arakan but in Bangladesh too. He is a key recruiter of Rohingya fighters, and he appears to operate, amidst apparent lax vigilance from the Bangladeshi authorities. Under the guise of ...

What are the consequences of the current crisis in Rakhine state? Rakhine State is an area that we are particularly concerned about. There was intense fighting in 2024, and the main ethnic group there ...

In a two-minute clip that circulated on social media and went viral, about seven men, some wearing Arakan Army (AA) uniforms and holding firearms, kicked and beat two shirtless men on the ground.

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 ...

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 ...

Twenty-nine Bangladeshi fishermen who were taken by Myanmar’s Arakan Army, were returned by the group after a week. The fishermen were brought back to Bangladesh on Thursday through the jetty at Shah ...

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 Myanmar-based armed rebel group Arakan Army yesterday abducted 19 Bangladeshi fishermen along with their four fishing boats from Naf river estuary when they were returning to Teknaf in Cox's ...

The Arakan Army, an insurgent group in Myanmar, has allegedly abducted 19 Bangladeshi fishermen along with four trawlers from the Naf River in Cox's Bazar's Teknaf. According to local boat owners ...