Escalation: TPLF declares new war on Ethiopia
Tigray’s regional administration announced it had entered a new “defensive” war against Ethiopia’s federal government. Fighting broke out the same day in Tigray and in the neighboring Afar and Amhara regions.
Tigrayan forces seized Mekelle’s main airport from federal police overnight. Ethiopian Airlines halted flights to Mekelle, Shire and Axum.
The clashes extended into Afar and Amhara with Tigrayan units fighting alongside local allies. In Afar they operated with a local armed group, and in Amhara with the Fano militia.
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