The United Nations calls on the two parties to 'take urgent measures to spare civilians.'
CONFLICT. In this file photo taken on January 25, 2019 Mro ethnic people displaced from the surge of fighting between ethnic armed rebel group of the Arakan Army and government troops take refuge at a compound of a Buddhist pagoda are seen during a government-organized visit for journalists in Buthidaung township in the restive Rakhine state. File photo by Richard Sargent/AFP
Scores of civilians have been killed in the area and tens of thousands displaced. The two sides have traded allegations of abuse. The area is home to more than 10,000 civilians, and local sources report they are either fleeing or are trapped by the ongoing conflict, the UN said.
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