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Ethnic Rakhine armed group the Arakan Army (AA) on Wednesday confirmed it had shot down a Myanmar junta helicopter during the fierce fighting that raged in Chin State’s Paletwa Township late last year and early this year. (confirmed by 2 sources) [1]

Mizzima The Arakan Army (AA) has officially declared its complete control over Taungup town in Rakhine State. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

Twenty-three Rohingya residents were killed and 33 injured in an unprovoked bombing raid by the military regime on Monday in Minbya Township in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to residents. [3]

Mizzima The temporary closure of the India–Paletwa border trade route, the main channel for goods entering Rakhine State has led to rising prices and medicine shortages in towns under the control of the Arakan Army (AA), according to local sources. [4]

Mizzima The Arakan Army (AA) has issued a warning advising people against gathering in large crowds in both urban and rural areas to celebrate the Thingyan water festival amid the ongoing conflict in Rakhine State. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-02-07 · 70% match

Arakan Army Says It Shot Down Myanmar Junta Helicopter in Chin State

Ethnic Rakhine armed group the Arakan Army (AA) on Wednesday confirmed it had shot down a Myanmar junta helicopter during the fierce fighting that raged in Chin State’s Paletwa Township late last year and early this year.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-11-29 · 94% match

Arakan Army complete control of Taungup town, Rakhine State

Mizzima The Arakan Army (AA) has officially declared its complete control over Taungup town in Rakhine State.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-03-19 · 80% match

Over 20 Rohingya Villagers Killed as Myamar Junta Warplane Attacks Village in Rakhine

Twenty-three Rohingya residents were killed and 33 injured in an unprovoked bombing raid by the military regime on Monday in Minbya Township in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to residents.

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-25 · 74% match

Closure of India-Paletwa border route drives up prices, causes medicine shortages in AA-controlled Rakhine towns

Mizzima The temporary closure of the India–Paletwa border trade route, the main channel for goods entering Rakhine State has led to rising prices and medicine shortages in towns under the control of the Arakan Army (AA), according to local sources.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-04-14 · 69% match

Arakan Army warns people from gathering during the Thingyan water festival in Rakhine

Mizzima The Arakan Army (AA) has issued a warning advising people against gathering in large crowds in both urban and rural areas to celebrate the Thingyan water festival amid the ongoing conflict in Rakhine State.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-03-18 · 65% match

Myanmar’s Junta Loses Another Town to Arkan Army in Rakhine State

The Arkan Army (AA) captured Rathedaung town in Rakhine state after driving the last troops from three junta battalions out of the town on the weekend, the ethnic army said.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-11-14 · 65% match

Almost 40 Myanmar Junta Positions Abandoned in Rakhine: Arakan Army

Myanmar’s junta troops and police in Rakhine State abandoned nearly 40 positions on Monday under Arakan Army (AA) attacks as part of Operation 1027.

[8] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-02-11 · 64% match

Minbya, Kyauktaw, and Mrauk-U towns ‘under territorial control by AA’

Mizzima Sources close to the Arakan Army (AA) have indicated that Minbya, Kyauktaw, and Mrauk-U towns, situated in northern Rakhine State, are now under the territorial control of the AA.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-04-15 · 60% match

Chin Brotherhood offers support on Arakan Army’s 15th year anniversary

Photo:AA info desk Mizzima The Chin Brotherhood has announced its intention to collaborate with the Arakan Army (AA) in safeguarding the interests of the Rakhine and Chin ethnic communities.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-05-17 · 52% match

‘No Agreement’ Between Myanmar Junta and Brotherhood Alliance in Latest Peace Talks

Myanmar’s military regime and the Brotherhood Alliance of three powerful ethnic armies failed to reach any new agreements during the latest round of China-brokered peace talks that ended on Thursday, according to sources close to the ethnic rebels.

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