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Border tension: Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA

Myanmar has blamed Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh territory in recent weeks.

'And then they exploded': How Rohingya insurgents built support for assault

When the former UN chief Kofi Annan wrapped up his year-long probe into Myanmar's troubled northwest on August 24, he publicly warned that an excessive army response to violence would only make a simmering conflict between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces worse.

News Analysis / The Myanmar Cauldron: Birth of Arsa

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or Arsa, an armed group that emerged in Rakhine state in 2013, has no sizable weaponry to sustain the struggle. But that is how things remain in the beginning – small but potent.

September 20, 2022
September 20, 2022

Border tension: Myanmar blames Arakan Army, ARSA

Myanmar has blamed Arakan Army (AA) and Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) for the mortar shells that landed in Bangladesh territory in recent weeks.

September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017

'And then they exploded': How Rohingya insurgents built support for assault

When the former UN chief Kofi Annan wrapped up his year-long probe into Myanmar's troubled northwest on August 24, he publicly warned that an excessive army response to violence would only make a simmering conflict between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security forces worse.

September 7, 2017
September 7, 2017

The Myanmar Cauldron: Birth of Arsa

The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army or Arsa, an armed group that emerged in Rakhine state in 2013, has no sizable weaponry to sustain the struggle. But that is how things remain in the beginning – small but potent.