“Opinion: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army’s silence amid Myanmar conflict should alarm India”, India Today, February 8, 2024:
“A recent advisory issued by the Ministry of External Affairs asked all Indian citizens to leave the Rakhine state in Myanmar immediately, given the deteriorating situation in the country. Myanmar has been in a state of conflict since the Tatmadaw — Myanmar’s military — took over from the democratically elected National League of Democracy (NLD) in February 2021.
However, it was only in 2023 with the launch of Operations 1027 and 1107 (both representing the month and date of the launches) that the conflict became a full-blown civil war-like situation. In a definitive shift in the conflict, several of Myanmar’s ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) put their differences aside to launch a joint attack on military installations and key outposts.
With the success of Operation 1027 led by the Three Brotherhood Alliance — comprising the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — many of the remaining EAOs led by the Karenni National People’s Liberation Front, the Karenni Army, and the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force joined the offensive with Operation 1107…..”
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