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Rohingya Men in Myanmar Are Being Forcibly Recruited by Junta’s Military.

Myanmar civil war impacting Bangladesh? As fighting between junta and rebel groups in Rakhine state is growing more intense. Neighboring Bangladesh may soon need to reach out to rebels on security & refugee issues.Bangladesh is closely watching the fighting in Myanmar's neighboring Rakhine state.

CONFLICTSBANGLADESH. How is Myanmar's civil war impacting Bangladesh?. Arafatul Islam in Cox's Bazar. February 22, 2024

Armed Bangladesh soldiers is closely watching the fighting in Myanmar's neighboring Rakhine stateImage: Arafatul Islam/DW Casualties have also been recorded in Bangladesh, with two people killed by an errant mortar round this month and several injured by gunshots from across the border. 

Rebel fighters have recently taken control of the Myanmar border region, and are seeking to oust junta forces from elsewhere in the state, this comes as a heavy blow for Myanmar's ruling junta, who seized power in February 2021 from elected govt of Aung San Suu Kyi to find itself embroiled in a wide-scale civil war. How?. Arakan Army is military wing of Rakhine ethnic minority who seeks autonomy from Myanmar's central govt has been attacking army outposts in Rakhine state since November 2023. 

Now Rohingya refugees skeptical return to Rakhine as Bangladesh is a predominantly Muslim country, which shares a 271-kilometer (168 miles) border with Buddhist-dominated Myanmar.

Bangladesh is also home more than a million mostly Muslim Rohingya refugees fleeing fromMyanmar for decades especially as now the junta launched a brutal "clearance ops" in Rakhine state against them in 2017.
DW news, some Rohingya refugees in coastal Bangladeshi town of Cox's Bazar commented on success of the AA rebels with skepticism. They do not believe predominantly Buddhist rebel force is willing to do much to improve their fate, even if the rebels manage to oust the junta.
https://www.dw.com/en/how-is-myanmars-ci...a-68337606