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Name: Arakan Army

Type: Polity

Start: 2021 AD

End: 2024 AD

Nation: arakan

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An armed organisation based in Rakhine State (Arakan), and the the military wing of the United League of Arakan. The Arakan Army rebranded itself as the "Arakha Army" in 2024.

Establishment


  • February 2021: Territories controlled by the Arakha Army at the start of the civil war.
  • Chronology


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    1. Internal conflict in Myanmar


    A series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly after the country, then known as Burma, became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948.

    1.1.Myanmar Civil War

    In response to the 2021 coup d'état by the Armed Forces of Myanmar, several ethnical and political factions of Myanmar started a rebellion against the Myanmar Government. The National Unity Government and its military wing, the People's Defence Force, ist the most important political faction fighting against the Military Junta. The Myanmar Civil War, however, involves many ethnical factions whose aim is either more autonomy from the central government or independence.

  • September 2022: The Arakha Army captured 30 military outposts in Rakhine State and six in Paletwa Township in August. The Arakha Army seized a border police outpost on the Bangladesh border in Maungdaw Township.
  • October 2022: The Arakan Army captured the Lake Ya outpost near the border with Bangladesh in Maungdaw Township on 10 October. The Myanmar-Bangladesh border is mostly controlled by the Aarakha Army in this area.

  • 1.1.1.Rakhine offensive

    Is a military offensive by the Arakhan Army against Myanmar's military junta in Rakhine and southern Chin State.

  • November 2023: Arakan forces captured Rathedaung Township. Clashes with regime forces broke out in Minbya and Maungdaw. Junta forces in Kyauktaw Township surrendered.
  • November 2023: Arakha forces captured the Paletwa Township in november 2023.
  • January 2024: On 17 January 2024, the Taingen camp on the Falam road to the Indian border was captured
  • January 2024: The Arakan Army captured the town of Pauktaw in Rakhine State concluding a three-month battle.
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured the remaining Tatmadaw bases in Minbya by 6 February.
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured the towns of Taung Pyo Letwe and Taung Pyo Letyar from the military junta.
  • February 2024: On February 7, the Arakan Army took control of Minbya Township
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured Kyauktaw.
  • February 2024: The Tatmadaw abandoned Myebon.
  • February 2024: The Arakha Army took the city of Mrauk U.
  • February 2024: Junta forces abandoned the town of Ma Ei.
  • March 2024: On 5 March, the Arakan Army reportedly captured the town of Ponnagyun and its surrounding township.
  • March 2024: The Arakan Army captured the town of Ramree.
  • March 2024: Arakan Army forces seized a camp near Ge Laung village, Ann Township.
  • April 2024: on 10 April, the Arakan Army rebranded itself as the "Arakha Army" to represent all people living in Rakhine State.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 2024: On 17 January 2024, the Taingen camp on the Falam road to the Indian border was captured
  • January 2024: The Arakan Army captured the town of Pauktaw in Rakhine State concluding a three-month battle.
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured the remaining Tatmadaw bases in Minbya by 6 February.
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured the towns of Taung Pyo Letwe and Taung Pyo Letyar from the military junta.
  • February 2024: On February 7, the Arakan Army took control of Minbya Township
  • February 2024: The Arakan Army captured Kyauktaw.
  • February 2024: The Tatmadaw abandoned Myebon.
  • February 2024: The Arakha Army took the city of Mrauk U.
  • February 2024: Junta forces abandoned the town of Ma Ei.
  • March 2024: On 5 March, the Arakan Army reportedly captured the town of Ponnagyun and its surrounding township.
  • March 2024: The Arakan Army captured the town of Ramree.
  • March 2024: Arakan Army forces seized a camp near Ge Laung village, Ann Township.
  • April 2024: on 10 April, the Arakan Army rebranded itself as the "Arakha Army" to represent all people living in Rakhine State.
  • Selected Sources


  • https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/almost-40-myanmar-junta-positions-abandoned-in-rakhine-arakan-army.html
  • https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-groups-seized-nearly-90-myanmar-junta-outposts-since-coup.html
  • https://www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/border_base-10102022175110.html;https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/resistance-groups-seized-nearly-90-myanmar-junta-outposts-since-coup.html
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