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The US is withdrawing military assistance units from Myanmar over the country’s treatment of its Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine state.
The State Department said it had also dropped travel waivers for Myanmar military officials and is considering economic sanctions.
Myanmar’s military says, it is fighting militants and not targeting civilians.
The US State Department said that it is imperative that any individuals or entities responsible for atrocities be held accountable.
Bangladesh’s envoy has said to the UN that almost a million Rohingya people have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh.