An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a ...

This explains why the military established ordnance factories on the riverbank, placing them between two natural barriers, the Arakan Mountains in the west and the Irrawaddy in the east. General Than ...

The Arakan Army says the continuation of its offensive will depend on the actions of the military junta. Yangon (AsiaNews) – The level of devastation of the offensive launched by the Arakan Army ...

Whether the Arakan Army (AA) will halt a devastating offensive it is blazing through Rakhine State depends on the military regime, AA spokesman Khaing Thukha has told The Irrawaddy. The ethnic armed ...

Border patrol officers announced the capture of another suspected member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua in California, who was sporting signature tattoos linked to the notoriously violent ...

One of the more troublesome tribes are the Arakan in northwest Burma. There, Rakhine state has been turning into a war zone where the Arakan are gaming ground as they battled their way south for over ...

In a statement posted to its Telegram account on Sunday, the Arakan Army (AA) announced that it had overrun the last military bases in Gwa, the southernmost of Rakhine’s 17 townships ...

There are even reports that the Arakan Army now commands areas inside Bangladesh. In the ferocious civil war between ethnic rebel groups and the junta (military) in Myanmar, the Arakan Army ...

“The entire 271-kilometre border is now under the control of the Arakan Army. On the other hand, the country is run by the Myanmar government,” Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Jahangir Alam ...

Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said the entire 271-kilometre border of Myanmar with Bangladesh is under the control of the Arakan Army. “As a result, Bangladesh has to communicate with ...

Bangladesh has been maintaining communication with both the Myanmar government as well as the rebel group Arakan Army, which has taken full control of the Myanmar side of the shared 271 kilometres ...