cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/8860610
Myanmar’s military is facing its biggest military challenge since it seized power in a coup more than two years ago, after an alliance of opponents cut off key trading routes and seized towns and dozens of outposts near the Chinese border.
It’s true it’s not black and white because a lot of the long-term insurgents are drug-runners. That said Arakan Army is not islamic. Those are ethnic Arakans who want more autonomy in their state, and sees the Rohingyas who are muslims as a political threat in their state. Islamic insurgency in Myanmar is not a sizable group, despite training they’ve received from islamic militia groups elsewhere in the world.