Armed group seizes tourist beachfront town


AN ethnic armed group has seized the country’s most popular beach resort town, with junta troops holed up in a nearby airport, military and local sources said.

Clashes have rocked western Rakhine state since the Arakan Army (AA) attacked the military there in November, ending a ceasefire that had largely held since the 2021 military coup.

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