UPDATED at 4:38 P.M. ET on 02-15-2024
An ethnic army in Myanmar launched an attack on yet another major city in the country’s west, with the state’s capital close behind, according to locals on Thursday.
The Arakan Army, already in control of three townships in Rakhine state, began an assault on the seaside township of Rathedaung on Wednesday, residents told Radio Free Asia, adding that junta officials are retaliating in the coastal area by air, land and sea.
“The AA attacked the junta’s battalions in Rathedaung on Wednesday. The…








