Relatively free from foreign influence, the Arakan Army is poised to carve out a large autonomous statelet in western Myanmar. Soldiers from the Arakan Army pose inside the Maung Shwe Lay Navy ...

(Bangkok) – Fighting in Myanmar’s Rakhine State has surged in recent weeks, causing civilian casualties and large-scale displacement, Human Rights Watch said today. Myanmar’s junta and the ...

has now seized control of almost all of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the notable exceptions of the capital of Sittwe and the port city of Kyaukpyu. A press report from early December 2024 indicated ...

They have gained control of nine of 17 townships in Rakhine and one in the adjacent Chin state. Byine Phyu village is on the outskirts of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine, in a strategic location ...

UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine ...

Amid discussions on establishing a “humanitarian corridor” to deliver aid to Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Rohingya leaders in Cox’s Bazar say that creating a safe zone in Rakhine would better resolve the ...

These satellite images of Myanmar’s Rakhine State show an appalling reality for Rohingya Myanmar's Rakhine State, where hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims were forced to flee a ...

Dhaka, April 29 -- Amid growing discussions on "humanitarian corridor" to Rakhine State of Myanmar through Cox's Bazar, the interim government on Tuesday categorically said they have not discussed ...

Clarifying his stance, the press secretary in a social media post on Tuesday said: “Our position is that should there be a UN-led humanitarian support to the state of Rakhine, Bangladesh would ...

In Burma, there are reports hundreds of Rohingya Muslims were killed, including children, in drone strikes last week in western Rakhine state. The attacks last Monday targeted members of the ...

Bangladesh has not signed any agreement regarding a humanitarian corridor to deliver United Nations (UN) aid to Myanmar's Rakhine State through its territory, said National Security Adviser Khalilur ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Development Programs is warning that Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ...