As rebels gain grounds in Myanmar, can the Rohingya return?

THE BUSINESS STANDARD
Ashraful Haque & Kamran Siddiqui
17 January, 2024,

Rohingya refugees walk towards Cox's Bazar fleeing from military oppression in Myanmar. File Photo: Reuters 

 

The Arakan Army, an ethnic insurgent group fighting the junta government of Myanmar, seized a key port town, Paletwa, in Chin state on 14 January. The town is located to the east of the Bangladesh border and the river port is just 12km away. To the north is the Indian border.

Myanmar rebels say they downed helicopter, pro-junta official killed

Reuters
May 3, 2021

A view shows a Tatmadaw helicopter falling after being shot down in Konlaw, Myanmar, May 3, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video by REUTERS.

An ethnic rebel group in Myanmar said it had shot down a military helicopter on Monday as fighting in the country's northern and eastern frontier regions intensified following an army coup.

Domestic media also reported that a junta-appointed local administrator had been stabbed to death in the main city, Yangon.

Violence has spiralled since the Feb. 1 coup, with at least 766 civilians reported killed by security forces and increasing confrontation with ethnic armies on Myanmar's fringes and junta opponents in the cities and countryside.