14. December 2024
Jonathan Head and Burmese BBC describe, how Myanmars military junta lost the control of the border with Bangladesh. The insurgent Arakan Army took the Border Guard Police compound near Maungdaw and now controls the 270km dividing Myanmar from Bangladesh. Only the Rakhine State capital Sittwe is still in military hands. The Arakan Army is likely to be the first insurgent group to take complete control of a state in Myanmar.
