Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army
Insurgent group in Rakhine State
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| September 19 2024 | ARSA commander Nurul Islam was arrested in Ukhiya with arms and ammunition by the Armed Police Battalion. |
| June 13 2024 | The Rapid Action Battalion arrested Zakaria, a gun group commander in ARSA, with arms in Ukhiya. |
| June 10 2024 | Five ARSA members, including Moulovi Akij (a top commander wanted for Mohib Ullah's murder), were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion in Ukhiya. |
| May 22 2024 | An ARSA commander was arrested by the 14th Armed Police Battalion in a refugee camp in Ukhia. |
| May 19 2024 | Four ARSA members were arrested by the 14th Armed Police Battalion in a refugee camp in Ukhia. |
| May 15 2024 | Two militants, including a top coordinator and commander of ARSA, were arrested by the Rapid Action Battalion. |
| April 12 2024 | Clashes broke out between the Arakan Army and ARSA fighters in Buthidaung Township, resulting in the deaths of at least 25 Rohingya civilians and causing 3,000 Rohingyas to flee. ARSA was also accused of burning homes and kidnapping civilians. |
| March 7 2024 | ARSA was accused of killing two civilians in Taung Pyo Let Wae town of Maungdaw Township, which prompted local residents to urge the Arakan Army to start 'clearance operations' against ARSA. |
| February 23 2024 | Four ARSA members were arrested by the 8th Armed Police Battalion in Ukhia. |
| October 2 2023 | Mohammad Ershad Noman Chowdhury, Ataullah's personal secretary, was arrested from the Kutupalong refugee camp. |
| September 26 2023 | ARSA commander Rahimullah Prakash Musa was arrested. |
| July 21 2023 | ARSA commander Hafez Nur Mohammad was captured by the Rapid Action Battalion in Cox's Bazar. |
| July 19 2023 | ARSA and the Arakan Army (AA) clashed in the Mayu mountains near Sein Hnyin Pyar and Gu Dar Pyin villages. The AA claimed five ARSA members and one AA member were killed, and an ARSA outpost was seized. |
| July 7 2023 | Five ARSA members were killed in clashes with RSO in Cox's Bazar, and the group was accused of murdering an RSO member. |
| July 6 2023 | ARSA was accused of killing Rohingya leader Mohammad Ebadullah. |
| June 12 2023 | ARSA leader Sabbir Ahmed was accused of involvement in the killings of six Rohingyas in October 2021. |
| May 10 2023 | ARSA commander Hafiz Jubayer was arrested by the police. |
| May 5 2023 | Armed Police Battalion arrested six ARSA members, including ARSA commander Hafizur Rahman. |
| January 18 2023 | ARSA clashed with the Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) in a refugee camp near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, resulting in one RSO member killed and hundreds of refugees fleeing. |
| November 14 2022 | An incident near the Myanmar border resulted in the killing of an intelligence officer and a Rohingya woman during a counter-narcotics operation, with Bangladeshi officials accusing ARSA of responsibility, which the group denied. |
| July 18 2022 | Bangladesh Police announced the arrests of Abu Bakkar and Nur Mohammad, revealing they had arrested 834 Rohingyas linked to ARSA in the previous six months. |
| July 17 2022 | Nur Mohammad, chairman of ARSA's fatwa committee, was arrested by Bangladesh Police. |
| July 7 2022 | Abu Bakkar, an ARSA commander accused of Rohingya killings in October 2021, was arrested by Bangladesh Police. |
| January 2022 | Social media images and videos emerged showing over 50 ARSA members and leaders conducting a military drill in Maungdaw. |
| December 19 2021 | UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews reported credible evidence of ARSA killing, torturing, abducting, and intimidating Rohingya refugees in camps, though Bangladesh's Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen denied the group's presence in the camps. |
| December 7 2021 | ARSA shot at 23 residents of Khone Taing village, resulting in one injury. |
| November 2021 | ARSA began reemerging in the Maungdaw region after allying with the National Unity Government, formed in opposition to the military junta following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état. Clashes broke out between ARSA and the Tatmadaw. |
| October 22 2021 | An attack on the Darul Ulum Nadwatul Ulama Al-Islamia Madrasa in Moinarghona camp-18, Ukhiya, resulted in six refugee deaths and eight injuries. Eyewitnesses blamed ARSA for the attack. |
| September 29 2021 | Rohingya leader Mohammed Mohib Ullah was killed, with his brother accusing ARSA of the attack. Bangladesh Police later confirmed in March 2022 that the group was responsible for his assassination due to his growing popularity. |
| 2020 | The Rohingya Solidarity Organization (RSO) blamed ARSA for attacks against Rohingya community leaders in Bangladeshi refugee camps during 2020-2021. |
| November 17 2020 | Three civilians were killed and six were wounded when their vehicle struck an alleged ARSA mine in Maungdaw Township. |
| June 4 2020 | Two alleged ARSA insurgents died in a confrontation with Myanmar security forces at the Bangladeshi border near Mee Dike village, after approximately 30 insurgents reportedly opened fire during routine border security. |
| May 2 2020 | ARSA allegedly attacked two Burmese police officers near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, involving 41 insurgents according to the Myawady Daily report. |
| March 2019 | ARSA leadership issued a statement calling on their followers to protect the Rohingya community in refugee camps in Bangladesh, in response to reports of killings and abductions. ARSA denied responsibility for these reported crimes, despite Bangladeshi media blaming the group. |
| January 16 2019 | ARSA insurgents ambushed police in Watkyein village bridge in Maungdaw, resulting in six police officers being injured. |
| November 2018 | Hindu community leaders in Myanmar reported that ARSA had been warning Hindu refugees in Bangladesh against returning to Rakhine State after Burmese authorities called for their repatriation. |
| May 22 2018 | Amnesty International released a report alleging ARSA rounded up and killed up to 99 Hindu civilians on 25 August 2017, including a massacre in the village of Kha Maung Seik where men were killed and women were kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. |
| January 5 2018 | ARSA claimed responsibility for an ambush in the village of Turaing, which reportedly injured six members of Myanmar's security forces and a civilian driver. |
| November 2017 | Members of the Rohingya diaspora in Malaysia were reported to be providing financial support to ARSA. |
| November 9 2017 | Burmese Immigration and Population Department secretary blamed ARSA for the deaths of 18 village leaders in Maungdaw and Buthidaung over the previous three months. |
| October 7 2017 | ARSA stated they would respond to peace initiatives but noted their unilateral ceasefire was about to end. |
| September 2017 | Bangladeshi sources suggested a high possibility of cooperation between Pakistan's ISI and ARSA, with Bangladesh investigating these allegations. |
| September 25 2017 | An additional 17 bodies were found following the previous day's mass grave discovery. |
| September 24 2017 | Myanmar security forces discovered mass graves of 28 Hindus near the village of Ye Baw Kya. |
| September 9 2017 | ARSA declared a one-month unilateral ceasefire to allow aid groups and humanitarian workers safe access into northern Rakhine State, which the government rejected. |
| August 31 2017 | ARSA was accused of killing seven Mro people. |
| August 28 2017 | ARSA releases an official statement denying government allegations and claiming their main purpose is to defend Rohingya rights. |
| August 26 2017 | Over 4,000 ethnic Rakhines fled their villages as fighting between ARSA and the Tatmadaw escalated. |
| August 26 2017 | ARSA insurgents reportedly killed another Muslim village head and a Hindu child by firing at a monastery. Additionally, six Hindus were allegedly killed when the insurgents attacked a Hindu family. |
| August 25 2017 | Myanmar's Anti-Terrorism Central Committee officially declares ARSA a terrorist group under the country's counter-terrorism law. |
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