Rohingya National Army Explained

Rohingya National Army
War:the Rohingya conflict
Active:
Ideology:Rohingya nationalism
Islamism
Partof:Arakan Rohingya National Organisation
Area:Rakhine State,
Bangladesh–Myanmar border
Predecessor:Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front,
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation
Allies:Arakan Army (Rohingya)[1]
Opponents: Myanmar
      • Western Command

Union of Myanmar (until 2001)

Battles:Internal conflict in Myanmar

The Rohingya National Army (RNA) was a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It was the armed wing of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation.

History

On 28 October 1998, remnants of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation's armed wing and the Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front merged and formed the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), with the RNA as the group's armed wing.

The RNA launched a joint operation with the Arakan Army on 5 April 2001, killing five Myanmar Army soldiers and wounding 12 others. On 27 May 2001, the RNA raided a Myanmar Army military camp at the village of Bodala, 30miles north of Maungdaw, near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. According to RNA claims, the Myanmar Army suffered 20 casualties.

Notes and References

  1. News: PRESS RELEASE: Rohingya National Army (RNA) successfully raided a Burma Army Camp 30 miles north of Maungdaw. https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090031/http://www.rohingya.org/portal/index.php/burma/36-press-release-aia-nupa-rna-aa/41-press-release-rohingya-national-army-rna-successfully-raided-a-burma-army-camp-30-miles-from-nort.html. dead. 30 October 2013. 21 October 2016. www.rohingya.org. 28 May 2001.