Arakan Army fighters claim control of key city in northwestern Myanmar

Al Jazeera
16 Jan 2024

Lying along the Kaladar River in Chin State, Paletwa is a strategically important city on a major trade route. 

 

The AA, led by Tun Myat Naing, has been fighting the military for years [File: Reuters]

 

The Arakan Army (AA), an armed ethnic group fighting as part of an alliance against the Myanmar military, has claimed control of a key western town near the border with India and Bangladesh.

Escalating Fighting in Northern Myanmar ‘Triggers’ Live-Fire Border Drills in China

The Irrawaddy
November 25, 2023 

Soldiers from the 74th Army Group of the People's Liberation Army take part in a battle drill in a coastal area of Guangdong province on June 1, 2020. / Xinhua

 

China’s military conducted live-fire drills on the Chinese side of the border with Myanmar on Saturday amid fierce fighting between Myanmar junta troops and ethnic allied forces.