11-12-2024, 10:11 AM
(11-12-2024, 10:06 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: One of most powerful ethnic minority armed battling Myanmar’s army has claimed capture of last army outpost in strategic western town
Maungdaw, gaining full control of 271 km (168-mile) long border w/Bangladesh. Capture by Arakan Army (AA) group’s, they control of northern part of Rakhine state complete, & marks another advance in its bid for self-rule there. Rakhine has become a focal point in Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, pro-democracy guerrillas ethnic armed forces are seeking autonomy fron country’s military rulers, who took power in 2021 after ousted elected govt of Aung San Suu Kyi.
Khaing Thukha, a Arakan Army, told Associated Press by text msg from undisclosed location late Monday, his group had seized the last remaining military outpost in Maungdaw by AA army on Sunday (Dec 8).
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...bangladesh
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/ase...bangladesh