Yangon: Myanmar’s military had called in air strikes and naval bombardments against an ethnic minority armed group on an island hosting a planned billion-dollar China-backed deep sea port, the group and local media said.
Clashes have rocked Rakhine state since last month after the Arakan Army launched attacks on security forces, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the military seized power in 2021.
The attacks opened another front for the military as it battles an alliance of ethnic minority fighters in the north of the country.
Construction on the port and a special economic zone has been stalled amid the unrest. | AFP…
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