The Irrawaddy examines the rapid progress made by the Arakan Army since it launched a major offensive against regime forces in Rakhine and southern Chin on Nov. 13.
He was among many soldiers killed while attempting to flee positions being overrun by the ethnic army in Rakhine State’s Minbya and Kyauktaw townships in recent days.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Rakhine and Kachin states and Sagaing and Mandalay regions.
Ethnic army and resistance allies also bombed a runway in Bhamo and an airbase in Myitkyina to prevent the junta’s air force from defending the outposts, as fighting in the...
The Arakan Army said the officers were among a large number of soldiers killed when it captured the last regime headquarters in the town near the Rakhine capital Sittwe.
The ethnic armed group and allied PDF forces took control of the three outposts on Maji Gung Hill in Mansi Township after three days of fighting.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Kachin and Rakhine states and Mandalay, Sagaing, Magwe and Tanintharyi regions.
The AA says it is close to seizing the Light Infantry Battalion 550 headquarters in Ponnagyun town near the Rakhine State capital, Sittwe.
The AA last month inflicted the first defeat on Myanmar’s navy since independence as the regime loses its grip on Rakhine State.
The Irrawaddy’s latest roundup includes incidents in Rakhine and Kachin states, Magwe, Sagaing and Tanintharyi regions, and the junta’s administrative capital Naypyitaw.
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