1.0Myanmar Newswirehttps://myanmarnewswire.comweb Deskhttps://myanmarnewswire.com/author/web-desk/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hnqQo1aYHP"><a href="https://myanmarnewswire.com/myanmar-military-arakan-army-halt-hostilities-on-humanitarian-grounds/">Myanmar military, Arakan Army halt hostilities on humanitarian grounds</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://myanmarnewswire.com/myanmar-military-arakan-army-halt-hostilities-on-humanitarian-grounds/embed/#?secret=hnqQo1aYHP" width="600" height="338" title="“Myanmar military, Arakan Army halt hostilities on humanitarian grounds” — Myanmar Newswire" data-secret="hnqQo1aYHP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The military and the ethnic Rakhine Arakan Army announced a ceasefire on Monday, following four months of intense fighting in western Myanmar, although there were no immediate plans for troop withdrawals or changes in political policy, official sources told RFA Burmese. The ceasefire, brokered by Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of Japan’s Nippon Foundation and the ... Read more