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Tigray rebels seize airports, new alliance threatens wider Ethiopia conflict
DW Top Stories·ET·about 19 hours ago
Fighting has resumed in Ethiopia's Tigray region after four years of peace, with rebels launching an offensive and seizing an airport. The previous civil war killed ~600,000. The African Union has called for de-escalation, but the situation is fluid and unverified.
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The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) has launched a coordinated offensive in the Afar and Amhara regions, seizing Mekele airport and reportedly other regional airports. This action signifies a collapse of the 2022 Pretoria ceasefire and a resumption of full-scale civil war, with claims of a new anti-government alliance forming. The broader military situation and extent of TPLF territorial control remain unclear.