Fighting intensified near the border between Rakhine State and Bago Region this week as the Arakan Army (AA) and allied forces assaulted a junta outpost in Taungup Township, Rakhine State just west of the boundary.
The army’s “Taung Pone Gyi” outpost has been under attack since early January by anti-regime forces led by the AA, an ethnic armed organisation that has captured most of the Rakhine State’s townships from the Myanmar military, a source connected to the organisation said.
“The AA is currently attacking the Taung Pone Gyi outpost, and clashes are also expected to intensify near the Rakhine-Magway and Rakhine-Ayeyarwady borders,” said the source, a member of a fighting force allied with the AA.
The AA has not released information regarding the clashes at the time of reporting.
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