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A group of Rohingya refugee people walk in the water after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017. (Reuters)

Erdogan Expresses to Suu Kyi Concern over Violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 5, 2017 | World

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan informed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday that violence against the country’s Rohingya Muslims was a violation of human rights. He told Suu Kyi in a telephone call that the violence was a deep concern to the Muslim...

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Rohingyas who escaped from unrest brush their teeth at a temporary shelter in Sittwe, Rakhine State on August 31, 2017. (Photo credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

UN: 87,000 Refugees Arrive in Bangladesh from Myanmar

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 4, 2017 | World

A total of 87,000 mostly Rohingya refugees have fled to Bangladesh since violence erupted in neighboring Myanmar on August 25, the United Nations said Monday. The newest estimate, based on calculations by UN workers in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox’s...

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Rohingya refugees rest after traveling over the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Myanmar: Thousands of Homes Burned down in Rohingya-Majority Areas

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 2, 2017 | World

At least 2,600 homes have been burned down in Rohingya-majority areas of Myanmar’s northwest just in the last week, the government announced on Saturday. About 58,600 Rohingya have fled into neighboring Bangladesh from Myanmar, according to U.N. refugee agency UNHCR,...

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Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. AFP photo

Thousands of Rohingya Stranded on Bangladesh Border

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | World

London- Around 400 people have been killed — the majority Rohingya Muslims — in communal violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the office of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing said Friday. “Until August 30, a large number of terrorists carried...

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi. (Getty Images)

Former Loyalists Lose Faith in Suu Kyi after Myanmar’s Oppression of Rohingya Muslims

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 29, 2017 | Features

As Aung San Suu Kyi launched a national struggle against decades of harsh military rule, one medical student worked tirelessly at her side, facing down gun-wielding soldiers trying to crush the surging pro-democracy movement. For her activism and loyalty, Ma Thida...