Rohingya National Army

The Rohingya National Army (RNA) was a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar. It was the armed wing of the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation.

This article is about the insurgency group that was active from 1998 to 2001. For the modern-day insurgent group, see Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.

Rohingya National Army
Dates of operation1998 (1998)–2001 (2001)
Active regionsRakhine State,
Bangladesh–Myanmar border
IdeologyRohingya nationalism
Islamism
Part ofArakan Rohingya National Organisation
AlliesArakan Army (Rohingya)[1]
Opponents Myanmar Union of Myanmar (until 2001)
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar

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. "PRESS RELEASE: Rohingya National Army (RNA) successfully raided a Burma Army Camp 30 miles north of Maungdaw". www.rohingya.org. 28 May 2001. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2016.


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