Arakan Army battles junta for strategic air base on Rakhine border

The AA and allied forces launched an assault on the Nat Yay Kan air defense base along the Ann-Padan Road, a key route between Rakhine State and Myanmar’s Magway Region.The junta responded with airstrikes, killing three civilians and injuring more than 10, according to local sources and resistance forces.The Nat Yay Kan camp in Ngape Township, Magway Region—about 10 miles from the Rakhine-Magway border and 15 miles from Padan Village—is a strategic stronghold. The AA, a powerful ethnic armed group based in Rakhine State, and its allies have been attacking the base since mid-February.Between February 21 and March 2, the junta has bombed Linde, a village near Nat Yay Kan camp three times, resulting in three civilian deaths and at least 10 injuries, according to sources.The Asho Chin Defence Force (ACDF), told Myanmar Now that the battle for the air. . .