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The junta is withdrawing troops from northern Rakhine and increasing attacks against civilians in the south of the state because it knows it is losing the war in Myanmar’s westernmost state, the Arakan Army said. [1]

AFP The charity Doctors Without Borders will halt medical activities in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state due to an “extreme escalation of conflict” between an ethnic armed group and the military, it said. [2]

The Arakan Army (AA) has taken control of Rakhine State’s Minbya Township after capturing the last two military battalion headquarters in the township on Tuesday, according to Rakhine media reports. (confirmed by 2 sources) [3]

SITTWE, Rakhine State — A landmine killed a 68-year-old man in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township on Wednesday, bringing to five the number of civilians killed by landmines or unexploded ordnance in northern Rakhine and the neighboring township of Pale... (confirmed by 3 sources) [4]

SITTWE, Rakhine State — A woman was injured and a historic pagoda was raked by artillery fire Friday during fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel Arakan Army, according to a local official and a community elder. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-02-19 · 100% match

Myanmar Military Withdrawing From Northern Rakhine State Township: Arakan Army

The junta is withdrawing troops from northern Rakhine and increasing attacks against civilians in the south of the state because it knows it is losing the war in Myanmar’s westernmost state, the Arakan Army said.

[2] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-06-29 · 100% match

MSF to halt medical work in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine

AFP The charity Doctors Without Borders will halt medical activities in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state due to an “extreme escalation of conflict” between an ethnic armed group and the military, it said.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-02-07 · 100% match

Myanmar’s Military Driven Out of Township in Northern Rakhine, Reports Say

The Arakan Army (AA) has taken control of Rakhine State’s Minbya Township after capturing the last two military battalion headquarters in the township on Tuesday, according to Rakhine media reports.

[4] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-08 · 100% match

Landmine Kills War Vet in Northern Rakhine

SITTWE, Rakhine State — A landmine killed a 68-year-old man in Rakhine State’s Mrauk-U Township on Wednesday, bringing to five the number of civilians killed by landmines or unexploded ordnance in northern Rakhine and the neighboring township of Pale

[5] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-03-18 · 100% match

Shelling in Northern Rakhine Injures Woman, Scars Historic Pagoda

SITTWE, Rakhine State — A woman was injured and a historic pagoda was raked by artillery fire Friday during fighting between the Myanmar military and rebel Arakan Army, according to a local official and a community elder.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2017-10-12 · 100% match

Wirathu to Visit Conflict-Torn Northern Rakhine

YANGON – Amid the ongoing self-identifying Rohingya crisis in northern Rakhine State, notorious inflammatory firebrand Buddhist monk Wirathu landed in state capital Sittwe on Wednesday and is scheduled to travel to conflict-riven Maungdaw Township.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-11-13 · 100% match

Arakan Army launches attacks on two Border Guard Force outposts in northern Rakhine

File Photo: Arakan Army soldiers The Arakan Army (AA) has attacked two Border Guard Force (BGF) outposts in Rathedaung Township, northern Rakhine State in the early morning of 13 November.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-09-25 · 100% match

AA Denies Rohingya Insurgents Seized Base in Northern Rakhine

The Arakan Army (AA) has denied claims that Rohingya insurgents seized one of the AA’s main bases in Rakhine State’s northern Maungdaw Township.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-08-23 · 100% match

Myanmar Military Helicopters Attack Rebels in Northern Rakhine: AA, Locals

YANGON—The Myanmar military conducted air strikes using two attack helicopters, as well as artillery shelling, against Arakan Army (AA) rebels in northern Rakhine State’s rural Minbya and Mrauk-U townships on Thursday and Friday.

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2018-12-28 · 100% match

Northern Alliance Demands Ceasefire Covers Rakhine State

If the Myanmar Army (or Tamadaw) do not stop fighting in Rakhine State, the Northern Alliance also will refuse to adhere to the ceasefire conditions in northern and northeastern Myanmar’s conflict zones, according to a statement released by the group

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