China has much at stake. Its 771-kilometer oil and gas pipeline dissects Rakhine from its capital Sittwe through to Myanmar’s ...

The military junta holds less than 50 percent of Myanmarese territory, but as long as it holds on to the majority of ...

Michael Martin is an adjunct fellow at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He served as a ...

In a video released by the Arakan Army, Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Than, commander of the junta’s fallen western military command, ...

The 2 billion dollar project aims to boost power generation, but investment risks and fighting cast doubt on feasibility ...

The Arakan Army says that it is ready to engage in “political dialogue” and vowed to safeguard foreign investments in Rakhine ...

The Arakan Army is the military wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA), a political organisation representing the Buddhist ...

The headquarters had overseen operations in Rakhine and the southern part of neighboring Chin state, as well as Myanmar’s territorial waters in the Bay of Bengal. The military government issued ...

On December 9, 2024, the Arakan Army (AA), one of the most powerful ethnic armed organisations and one from the three ...

Myanmar’s junta forces now control less than half the country after suffering major battlefield setbacks in 2024 – including ...

Prospects for the repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar are dimming as the Rakhine state descends deeper into conflict and humanitarian crisis. Since July 2023, more than 80,000 Rohingyas ...

As the interim government under Mohammad Yunus grows closer to Pakistan, and the Arakan Army in Myanmar expands its reach ...