New Attacks And Village Burnings Swell Refugee Ranks in Myanmar's Rakhine

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New Attacks And Village Burnings Swell Refugee Ranks in Myanmar's Rakhine

Artillery fire from Myanmar military patrol boats and fresh burnings of villages along a river in Rakhine state this month have added at least 17,000 refugees to the ranks of internally displaced civilians, aid workers in the western state said.Armed conflict that erupted in late 2018 between Myanmar forces and the Arakan Army (AA) in parts of Rakhine and neighboring Chin state has now displaced more than 220,000 civilians, according to an estim…