Myanmar’s Arakan Army, Allies Set to Resume Fight Against Tatmadaw Over Civilian Killings

THE IRRAWADDY 

30 March 2021

Arakan Army (AA) soldiers at their Kachin State headquarters in April 2019. / The Irrawaddy

The Arakan Army (AA) and its two partner ethnic armed groups in the Brotherhood Alliance said they are ready to join forces with all ethnic people in fighting against the Myanmar military regime if its brutal killing of anti-coup protesters continues.

The tripartite Brotherhood Alliance, which groups the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA); Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA); and the AA, condemned the military junta on Monday after the civilian death toll from its lethal crackdown on anti-regime protesters rose to at least 510 nationwide.

Arakan Army’s allies threaten to join fight against Tatmadaw

MYANMAR TIMES

Nyan Lynn Aung  

29 Apr 2019

Some of the villagers displaced by the fighting. Nyan Lynn Aung/The Myanmar Times

Two armed ethnic groups allied to the Arakan Army (AA) have threatened to join the fight against the Tatmadaw (military) if the fighting escalates, according to a statement by the groups.