Grown out of a ragtag alliance of Bamar opponents to the 2021 coup, today’s PDFs are increasingly a military and political force to reckon with.

ARSA chief Ataullah Abu Ammar Jununi has said the land in Myanmar’s Arakan belongs to the Rohingya people. While appearing in court for a case in Bandarban, he said: “The Rohingya people will get the ...

The executions underscore the severe toll Myanmar’s conscription is having on civilians, with many forced to fight at the ...

Outside Myanmar, few countries support the junta and many ... and the successful clashes in late 2015 led to the military working with police to find and arrest the many Arakan Army supporters in the ...

Also this week, the regime chief greeted Thingyan with a poll push and more airstrikes, and met with Malaysia’s PM, and began ...

A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man lost his leg in a landmine blast along the Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday. The explosion took place around 8am along the zero line ...

The group is expected to withdraw from Lashio, which it captured eight months ago, before the end of this month ...

The British, who seized Arakan in the First Anglo-Burmese ... and has carried out dozens of attacks against Myanmar military and police in recent months. By the summer of 2019, clashes between ...

Arakan Army, Ta'ang National Liberation Army, Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, People’s Defense Force and Bamar People’s Liberation Army. The suspects drove the stolen car to a mall ...

On October 27, 2023, the Three Brotherhood Alliance (3BTA), which includes the Arakan Army (AA), launched ... when over 100 Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) personnel illegally crossed into ...

One of the most powerful ethnic minority armed groups battling Myanmar ... The Arakan Army said Sunday it had ordered the suspension of transport across the Naf River because police and local ...