Ny front i striderna mot militärjuntan i Myanmar
En ny front öppnades på måndagen upp i Myanmar när den så kallade Arakanarmén inledde flera anfall i den västliga regionen Rakhine, rapporterar AP.
Arakanarmén är en av de etniska milisgrupper som bildat en allians och tagit till vapen mot militärjuntan. Enligt gruppens talesperson Khaing Thukha har två militära posteringar attackerats, och en polisstation övermannats.
– Vissa befälhavare i (militärjuntans) armé har frihetsberövats, säger Thukha på telefon med nyhetsbyrån.
De senaste veckorna har strider rasat i regionen Shan i nordöstra Myanmar, nära Kinas gräns, efter att den nybildade alliansen inledde en samordnad offensiv den 27 oktober.
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Wikipedia (en)
The Arakan Army (Burmese: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော်, romanized: Rakhaing Tattaw; abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA). It is currently led by commander in chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing and vice deputy commander Brigadier General Nyo Twan Awng. The Arakan Army states that the objective of its armed revolution is to restore the sovereignty of the Arakan people. In a December 2021 interview, Twan Mrat Naing claimed that the AA had grown to 30,000 troops.In the early 2010s, the Arakan Army fought alongside the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) against the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) in the Kachin conflict. Following the 2016 outbreak of conflict in Rakhine state, AA became more heavily involved in the Arakan region. In 2019, AA would launch attacks on state security forces and the Myanmar Army would respond heightening clashes. The AA reached a ceasefire in late 2020 after eroding the central government's control in northern Rakhine. The power vacuum would be filled by the AA over the next 18 months with state-building efforts, like their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts.During the 2021 Myanmar civil war, the ceasefire would break down and armed clashes resumed in July 2022 after a Tatmadaw airstrike against an AA base. The two sides would agree to a temporary ceasefire in November 2022 for, reportedly, humanitarian reasons.
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