Northern Arakan, consisting of contemporary Maungdaw and Buthidaung townships, has since the late eighteenth century been a region of intermittent unrest and refugee flows. Thousands of Rohingya ...

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 ...

The Arakan Army's growing territorial gains, and seemingly undeterred momentum, have raised questions about the rebel group's ultimate goal.Since Myanmar's military staged a coup and ousted the ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 Arakan Army (AA) has yet to release four Bangladeshi fishermen abducted from the Naf River estuary in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar. Six days have passed since their capture, but the fishermen remain in the ...

The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group’s control of the northern part of Rakhine state complete and marks another advance in its bid for self-rule there. Rakhine has become a focal point ...