Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar

Part of the Internal conflict in Myanmar

Rohingya population in Rakhine State (Arakan)

Date	1947 – present (70 years)
Location	Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar-Bangladesh border
Status	Ongoing

Belligerents

Myanmar

Tatmadaw

Former combatants:
Union of Burma (1948–1962)
Military governments (1962–2011)

Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1962–1988)
Union of Myanmar (1988–2011)

Harakah al-Yaqin (since 2016)
Former combatants:
Mujahideen (1947–1960s)
Rohingya Liberation Party (1972–1974)
Rohingya Patriotic Front (1974–1982)
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (1982–1998)
Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (1986–1998)
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (1998–2001)
Proclaimed support:
Al-Qaeda
Hezbi Islami
Hizbul Mujahideen

Jamaat-e-Islami

Commanders and leaders

Htin Kyaw
(President of Myanmar)
Aung San Suu Kyi
(State Counsellor of Myanmar)
Maung Maung Soe
(Commander of the WRMC)
Former commanders:
Aung Gyi (1947–1963)
Tin Oo (1947–1976)
Than Shwe (1992–2011)

Thein Sein (2011–16)

Ata Ullah
Former commanders:
Mir Kassem † (1947–1952)
Annul Jauli (1961–1970)
Zaffar Kawal (1961–1974)
Abdul Latif (1961–1974)
Muhammad Jafar Habib (1972–1982)
Muhammad Yunus (1974–2001)

Nurul Islam (1974–2001)

Units involved

Tatmadaw

Rohingya National Army (1998–2001)

Strength

33 infantry battalions
Previous totals:

1,100 (1947–1950)

500 (2016)
Previous totals:
2,000–5,000 (1947–1950)

2,000 (1952)

Casualties and losses

2016–17:
13 soldiers and 19 policemen killed

2016–17:
102 killed and 234 arrested

2016–17:
134 killed in total
23,000 internally displaced
65,000–69,000 fled to Bangladesh
92,000 displaced in total

Overall:
30,000 internally displaced

100,000–500,000 fled abroad

Myanmar

Former combatants:
Union of Burma (1948–1962)
Military governments (1962–2011)

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