Narinjara News, 29November 2024

The Arakan Army (AA) declared on November 28 that it had seized 10 military camps in Taungup during a 17-day offensive between November 4 and 20, 2024, and completely took over the town by November 24, 2024. 

The AA took control of the Taungup University checkpoint, the junta bases at the rubber farm, and the university buildings, where junta troops were heavily stationed across the campus, out of the 10 camps captured in Taungup. 

Additional camps that were seized consist of the junta camp located on Arlein Ngar Sint Pagoda hill, camps near the monastery in Phone Nyo village and surrounding Phone Nyo bridge, the MOC-5 checkpoint in Taungup Town, the junta camp within the Su Taung Pyae monastery compound in Thein Taung ward, the camp at Kyo Kyar Kwin checkpoint, the camp at the summit of Kaing Shay bridge, the junta camp at Thiri Hospital, and the Taungup police station in Taungup Town. 

After obtaining these camps, the AA is now launching attacks on the junta’s main bases in the town, which include MOC-5 and the 346th and 544th light infantry battalions under MOC-5. 

Military sources in the area report that the AA has taken control of the 346th and 544th light infantry battalions, with ongoing combat as AA fighters chase fleeing junta soldiers.