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
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.
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.