𝗔𝗔 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗱𝗮𝘄 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗮𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝘙𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 9, 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) has successfully captured the entire Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State and announced an indefinite suspension of river transportation along the Naf River, which serves as the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

According to a statement released by the AA on December 8, 2024, they took control of the final outpost of the Myanmar junta’s No. 5 Border Guard Police Division (Nakhakha-5) in the Maungdaw area at 9:30 a.m. that morning. However, AA reports that members of the military junta and their allies, including armed groups like RSO, ARSA, and ARA, are still active in the area, engaging in ambushes and attempting to escape across the Bangladesh-Rakhine border, through the Naf River, leading to ongoing clashes in the region.

As a result, in the interest of military operations and public security, the AA declared that river transportation along the Naf River (on the Rakhine side) will be indefinitely suspended., effective from 3:30 p.m. on December 8, 2024.⁩

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