An independent investigation by the Arakan Civil Society Forum (ACSF) has found no evidence to support allegations that the Arakan Army (AA) massacred more than 600 Muslim villagers in Htan Shauk Khan, Buthidaung Township, in May 2024.

The military junta has deployed thousands of troops in an attempt to defend Nat Yekan, the last remaining strategic hill under its control along the An-Padan road, according to battlefield sources.

Security personnel from the Arakan Army (AA) discovered the bodies of six locals on 28 September in a banana grove near Upper Inn Chaung Village, close to Border Post 56 along the Arakan-Bangladesh frontier. The victims had reportedly been abducted and executed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA).

Myanmar junta boss Min Aung Hlaing, who is under international sanctions for his 2021 coup, has travelled this year to Russia, China, Thailand, Belarus and Kazakhstan, with his trips abroad far outpacing the first four years of his regime.
 

The Arakan Students’ Union issued a statement on September 29 accusing Bangladesh’s interim government leader, Mohammad Yunus, of turning a blind eye to the violence being faced by indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
 

Mosquito-borne malaria is becoming more common in rural parts of Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, with the changing seasons, according to a statement from the Humanitarian and Development Coordination Office (HDCO) of the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA).
 

Bangladesh's Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has denied allegations of involvement with the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) and Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO), rejecting claims of financial support or cooperation with the armed groups.

Junta battalions in Sittwe have been carrying out daily attacks on villages in neighbouring Ponnagyun Township and Rathedaung, which are controlled by the Arakan Army, using heavy weapons and drones.
 

Fighting that began on 20 February near the Dhanyawaddy Naval Command, about four miles from Kyaukphyu, has since spread to the south and southwest of the township.

The Arakan Army (AA) has claimed that around 10 villagers from Tamanthar and Donenyo villages in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, were abducted and killed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a Muslim armed group.
 

The Bangladeshi military and the Bengali community have been brutally cracking down on demands for justice over the rape of an indigenous eighth grade schoolgirl in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, resulting in casualties and injuries, according to local residents and Bangladeshi news reports.
 

Two women were killed and about 20 others injured when the military junta bombed downtown Paletwa, Chin State — under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) — at around 12:30 p.m. today.

The Arakan Army (AA) has seized Gote Kyi Village, a heavily fortified junta outpost along the An–Padan road in Magway Region’s Ngape Township, according to military sources close to the AA.

The military junta has carried out successive airstrikes on Thandwe and Taungup in recent days, resulting in civilian casualties.

The Arakan Army (AA) on September 27 called on Bangladesh to immediately investigate and take action against certain Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officers allegedly involved with armed Muslim groups operating along the Maungdaw border area.

Local residents reported that the casualties occurred when a junta jet fighter dropped two bombs on Ward No. 4 in Thandwe Town.

The Arakan Army's (AA) anti-junta struggle, once considered primarily within the context of Arakan national liberation, is now increasingly seen as part of the broader fight for the liberation of the entire country.

Locals in Taungup town, Arakan State, under the control of the Arakan Army (AA), say they are living in fear after the military junta bombed a Buddhist monastery.

Health circles and local residents report a rise in seasonal flu cases and transmissions in townships such as Sittwe, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, and Ponnagyun in Arakan State due to the changing season.