Arakan Army’s offensive reshapes Rakhine-and pushes the Rohingya toward an irreversible crisis

Arakan Army’s offensive reshapes Rakhine-and pushes the Rohingya toward an irreversible crisis

The ground beneath the Rohingya crisis has shifted once again-and this time, perhaps more dramatically than at any point since the genocide of 2017. Over the past week, the Arakan Army (AA), one of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed groups, has launched a sweeping new offensive across critical areas of northern Rakhine State. In doing so, it has tightened its hold on territory that was once bitterly contested, transforming not only the militar…