Rohingya National Army

Rohingya National Army
Participant in the Rohingya conflict
Active 1998 (1998)–2001 (2001)
Ideology Rohingya nationalism
Islamism
Area of operations Rakhine State,
Bangladesh–Myanmar border
Part of Arakan Rohingya National Organisation
Originated as Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front,
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation
Allies Arakan Army[1]
Opponents

 Myanmar

Union of Myanmar (until 2011)
Battles and wars

Internal conflict in Myanmar

The Rohingya National Army (abbreviated 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, 30 miles (48 km) north of Maungdaw, near the Bangladesh–Myanmar border. According to RNA claims, the Myanmar Army suffered 20 casualties.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "PRESS RELEASE: Rohingya National Army (RNA) successfully raided a Burma Army Camp 30 miles north of Maungdaw". www.rohingya.org. 28 May 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2016.


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