Ethiopia's Tigray region government announces it has entered a defensive war
Tigrayan forces seized airports and expanded fighting into Afar and Amhara as the regional government said it had entered a defensive war.
- On Wednesday, Ethiopian Airlines suspended flights to Mekelle, Axum, and Shire after Tigrayan forces seized the Mekelle airport from federal police, according to local sources.
- This suspension followed Sunday's announcement that the TPLF formed an alliance with six other armed groups across Ethiopia aimed at removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
- The TPLF seized regional government control in May and fought federal forces during the 2020–2022 civil war, though both sides signed a peace deal in November 2022.
- Nearly 300 Tigrayan fighters surrendered last week, the military reported, even as drone strikes against Tigrayan forces have occurred in recent months according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.
- Spokespeople for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, the federal government, and the TPLF did not immediately respond to requests for comment regarding the airport seizure.
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Ethiopian Airlines has announced the decision for the fear of an escalation in the fights between the federal forces of Addis Ababa and the opposition groups that, only three days ago, have formed an alliance to remove the government
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The Straits TimesTigrayan leaders say new war with Ethiopian government has begun, as fighting erupts
Reuters — The leaders of the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray said on Wednesday that they had entered a new war with the federal government as fighting broke out in Tigray and two neighboring regions, shattering a four-year-old peace deal. A 2020-2022 civil war between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and federal forces resulted in …
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ADDIS ABABA (ANP/AFP) - Tensions in northern Ethiopia have once again escalated into violence. Rebels from the Tigray region have carried out attacks on the neighboring Afar region and seized control of airports. Sources tell news agency AFP that troops from Tigray have...
Ethiopia's Tigray region government announces it has entered a defensive war
Ethiopia's Tigray regional government said in a statement Wednesday that its fighters have entered a defensive war against federal troops, hours after Tigrayan forces seized the main airport in the northern region.
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Asharq AL-awsatEthiopia’s Tigray region government announces it has entered a defensive war
Ethiopia’s Tigray regional government said in a statement that its fighters have entered a defensive war against federal troops, hours after Tigrayan
The civil war in the Tigray region cost hundreds of thousands of lives before it could be ended in 2022. Now a new edition is threatening, which could be even more devastating.
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