Arakan Army Seizes Control of Gwa City in Southern State
The Arakan Army (AA) announced that it had been able to take control of the 562nd and 563rd Light Infantry Battalions based in Gwa, which is the southern tip of Rakhine State, on December 29.
It stated that the two-week-long offensive was fiercely resisted by more than 1,200 forces from the military regime, but after the capture of the city, Colonel Than Soe Win, the commander of the 11th Division, died, along with several battalion commanders, and at least 700 died.
In Rakhine State, 14 out of 17 townships, including Gwa, have been occupied by the Arabian Army, and only the towns of Sittwe, Kyaukphyu, and Munaung, are under the control of the terrorist junta.
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