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A member of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) tells a Rohingya girl not to come on Bangladesh side, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 27, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Myanmar Hints It May Not Take Back Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 18, 2017 | World

Yangon- Aung San Suu Kyi is preparing to address Myanmar on the violence against Rohingya Muslims for the first time in an attempt to soothe global outrage. The nationally-televised turn will break a near silence since the ulcerous ethnic and religious hatreds in...

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Rohingya refugees arrive near the a makeshift refugee camp Bangladesh. (Reuters)

Bangladesh Starts Immunization of Rohingya Refugees amid Health Fears

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 17, 2017 | World

Authorities in Bangladesh kicked off on Sunday an immunization campaign among Muslim Rohingya refugees as an aid group warned that many could die due to a lack of food, shelter and water. The campaign started in a crowded border camp as the country struggled to take...

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New Rohingya refugees wait to enter the Kutupalang makeshift refugee camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, August 30, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

Bangladesh Pledges Building 14,000 Shelters for Rohingya

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 16, 2017 | World

Bangladesh said it will provide some 14,000 new shelters to house Rohingya Muslim refugees left astray in fields and on hills, an official said Saturday. “The government has decided to build 14,000 shelters for some 400,000 Rohingya,” Bangladesh’s...

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Rohingya refugees walk to a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) post after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, September 10, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims Once Again Under the Spotlight

by Prakriiti Gupta | Sep 16, 2017 | Features

New Delhi- The modern world has in recent days expressed concern over the atrocities committed by the Buddhists in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims. The latest round of violence has forced tends of thousands to flee to safer areas on the border with Bangladesh. Human...

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Rohingya refugees are seen at Thaingkhali makeshift refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Rohingyas Reject Involvement of Qaeda, ISIS in Rakhine Conflict

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2017 | World

Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar have denied any links to global terror groups such as al-Qaeda and ISIS. The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) wrote on Twitter that “it is necessary to make it clear that it has no links with al-Qaeda, ISIS … or any transnational...