On Thursday, the junta military carried out bombings near the Kyaukphyu economic zone, reducing more than 200 homes to ashes.

The Arakan Army (AA) and allies are tightening control over the Ann-Padan Road, threatening military factories as they take ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has arrived in Bangladesh on a four-day visit to review the situation of more than 1 ...

The Arakan Army (AA), the ethnic armed organization for the Arakan (Rakhine) people, has now seized control of almost all of Myanmar’s Rakhine State, with the notable exceptions of the capital of ...

Regime deputy Soe Win orders progress on Kyaukphyu SEZ-port before June deadline despite onslaught by Arakan Army.

Two weeks of intense fighting between the military and anti-junta rebels near an enclave for Chinese development in western ...

A Myanmar military drone strike launched from a navy base near the Chinese-backed port town of Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, ...

On February 20, clashes escalated as the Arakan Army launched an assault on the Danyawaddy Naval Base in Kyaukphyu.

The armed group continues to advance around the Rakhine State capital as the regime reinforces the city and the major Min Gan ...

The Arakan Army (AA) has gradually become the dominant military force in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. It has captured more than 80 percent of the western state, leaving only a few key urban areas ...

Between August 2024 and February 2025, Fortify Rights interviewed 15 residents of Rakhine State, Myanmar and newly arrived refugees from Myanmar, including five women, in Bangladesh—including ethnic ...