Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front

Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front
Participant in the Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
Active	1986 (1986)–1998 (1998)^[1]
Ideology	Rohingya nationalism
Leaders	Nurul Islam
Area of operations	Rakhine State, Myanmar
Originated as	Rohingya Patriotic Front Rohingya Solidarity Organisation
Became	Arakan Rohingya National Organisation Rohingya National Army
Opponents	Union of Myanmar
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar

The Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (abbreviated ARIF) was a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The group was made up of Rohingya fighters led by Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer, and the former Vice Chairman of the Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF). The group was created after uniting the remnants of the RPF and a handful of defectors from the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO).^[2]

On 28 October 1998, the ARIF merged with the RSO and formed the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), operating in-exile in Cox's Bazaar.^[1] The Rohingya National Army (RNA) was established as its armed wing.

References

1 2 "Bangladesh Extremist Islamist Consolidation". by Bertil Lintner. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
↑ Pho Kan Kaung (May 1992). The Danger of Rohingya. Myet Khin Thit Magazine No. 25. pp. 87–103.

Insurgent groups in Myanmar
Active combatants	AA (Kachin) AA (Kayin) ARSA KIO/KIA KNA(B) MNDAA TNLA ZRA
Ceasefire groups	ABSDF ALA CNA DKBA-5 KNDO KNPP/KA KNU/KNLA MNLA MRDA NDAA PNLA SSA-N SSA-S UWSA WNA
Defunct insurgent groups	ARIF CPB DKBA God's Army KDA KNPLF MTA MRA Mujahideen NSCN-K NDA-K PNA RFCP RLP RPF RNA RSO SSA SSCP SSNA SURA VBSW
Military coalitions	Federal Union Army Northern Alliance
Armed conflicts	2010–12 Myanmar border clashes Communist insurgency Campaign at the China–Burma border Kachin conflict Karen conflict Kokang conflict Rohingya insurgency
Internal conflict in Myanmar Ceasefires in Myanmar Tatmadaw

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