Rohingya are being forced to fight in Myanmar’s civil war

Mr Bakkar is one of many Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim minority people from Myanmar’s Rakhine state, who say they are being pulled into Myanmar’s spreading civil war. As the junta has lost ground to ethnic groups challenging its control of the country, the army appears to have turned to recruiting people it once massacred in an attempt to replenish its forces. It may also be trying to stir inter-ethnic tensions to help its campaign in places such as Rakhine, where its losses have been grievous. Even where it is doing neither, Rohingya with nowhere to run are caught in the middle of a spreading civil war.