Category: Asia

More Than 33 Civilians Killed, Nearly 100 Injured in Junta Airstrike on Mrauk-U Public Hospital More than 33 unarmed civilians were killed and nearly 100 others injured when the Myanmar military junta carried out an airstrike on the Mrauk-U Public Hospital in Rakhine State, according to local residents. The attack occurred at approximately 9:13 p.m. […]

The Arakan Rohingya Society for Peace and Human Rights (ARSPHR) has reported that the Arakan Army (AA) is escalating its systematic confiscation of Rohingya villages and farmland across Maungdaw Township as part of efforts to expand Rakhine settlements in the area. According to ARSPHR, AA forces are demolishing long-established Rohingya villages and redistributing agricultural land […]

The Arakan Army, active in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, has drastically transformed its identity over the past few years. Once an ethnic insurgent group, it has now evolved into one of Asia’s largest and most dangerous narco-terrorist organizations. Recent intelligence reports and field data reveal that the Arakan Army is no longer fighting solely for political […]

Martin Smith, a well-known author, writer and Burmese specialist, writes in his book “Arakan (Rakhine): a Land in Conflict on Myanmar’s Western Frontier” that, “In the countdown to Myanmar’s independence in January 1948, the crisis in Arakan was fatefully ignored. This has always been the territory’s misfortune during times of national change. British officials admitted […]

The Arakan Army (AA) is secretly attempting to incite a new wave of ethnic and religious conflict in Maungdaw Township, according to reports from members of the Rohingya community who say they are living under fear and persecution. Locals told wsnews24.com that the AA is exploiting existing tensions between communities, much like the Myanmar military […]