“We are always in favor of repatriation [of Rohingya Muslims] in principle, and there should be voluntary, dignified, and safe repatriation under conducive conditions.” The Arakan Army (AA) has ...

Is Central Asia Still Russia’s Backyard? A group of Arakan Army soldiers providing security for a festival in Rakhine State. Credit: Kaung Mrat Naing Subscribe for ads-free reading Myanmar’s Rakhine ...

In June 2012, deadly sectarian violence erupted in western Burma’s Arakan State between ethnic Arakan Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims (as well as non-Rohingya Muslims). The violence broke out after ...