Arakan at the Crossroads Addressing Newly-Emerging Military and Political Dynamics
During recent months, resistance forces have made unprecedented advances against the military State Administration Council. A key front is Rakhine State where the Arakan Army now controls a majority of townships. But with the SAC in retreat, the Myanmar military is behaving with brutality and desperation, including the conscription of Rohingya Muslims in a bid to cause communal division. Meanwhile loss of life, displacement and humanitarian emergency are deepening. In this commentary, Naing Lin analyses the latest state of conflict, how the political narrative has changed, the dangers of communal separation, the scale of humanitarian suffering, and need for peace for all peoples in the struggle for Arakan freedom.
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