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Rohingya conflict

Rohingya conflict
Part of the Internal conflict in Myanmar
Map of Rohingya people in Rakhine State.png
Map showing the Rohingya presence in Rakhine State.
Date Communal violence: 1942 – present
Insurgency: 1947 – present
Location Northern Rakhine State
Status

Ongoing

Belligerents
 British Burma
(1947–1948)
Union of Burma
(1948–1962)

Mujahideen
(1947–1961)

Supported by:
 Pakistan (until 1950)

Military governments (1962–2011)

RLA (1972–1974)
RPF (1974–1982)
RSO (1982–1998)
ARIF (1986–1998)
ARNO (1998–2001)
Supported by:
Al-Qaeda (alleged)
Hezbi Islami
Hizbul Mujahideen

Jamaat-e-Islami
 Republic of the Union of Myanmar (since 2011) ARSA (since 2016)
Commanders and leaders

Current commanders:
Htin Kyaw
(President of Myanmar)
Aung San Suu Kyi
(State Counsellor of Myanmar)
Min Aung Hlaing
(Commander-in-Chief)
Sein Win
(Minister of Defence)
Maung Maung Soe
(Chief of the Western Command until November 2017)
Myanmar Police Emblem.png Aung Myat Moe
(Rakhine Chief of Police)
Myanmar Police Emblem.png Sein Lwin
(Rakhine Chief of Police until September 2017)


Former commanders:
Aung Gyi (1947–1963)
Tin Oo (1947–1976)
Than Shwe
(1992–2011)

Thein Sein (2011–16)

Current commanders:
Ataullah abu Ammar Jununi


Former commanders:
Mir Kassem (POW)
(1947–1952)
Abdul Latif
(1947–1961)
Annul Jauli
(1947–1961)
Zaffar Kawal
(1961–1974)
Muhammad Jafar Habib (1972–1982)
Muhammad Yunus (1974–2001)

Nurul Islam (1974–2001)
Units involved

Tatmadaw

Rohingya National Army (1998–2001)
Strength

~2,000
Previous totals:

1,100 (1947–1950)

~200 (government estimate)
Previous totals:
2,000–5,000 (1947–1950)
2,000 (1952)

500–600 (2016–2017)
Casualties and losses
2016–2018:
45 security personnel killed
2016–2018:
475 killed and 423 arrested

2012–2018:
6,900+ civilians killed in total
53,000 internally displaced

950,000+ fled abroad

a 14 soldiers, 30 policemen and 1 immigration officer.

b 2012: 168, 2013: 50+, 2016–18: 6,700+

Ongoing

Mujahideen
(1947–1961)

Military governments (1962–2011)

RLA (1972–1974)
RPF (1974–1982)
RSO (1982–1998)
ARIF (1986–1998)
ARNO (1998–2001)
Supported by:
Al-Qaeda (alleged)
Hezbi Islami
Hizbul Mujahideen


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