Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa sheegay inay ka hortagaan dagaal cusub, iyadoo xaaladda gobollada waqooyi ay sii adagayso
Ciidamada dowladda Itoobiya ayaa sheegay inay ka hortagaan dagaal cusub, iyadoo xaaladda gobollada waqooyi ay sii adagayso. Taliyaha ciidamada dalka, Marwo Berhanu Jula, ayaa sheegay in dagaalka uu ka dhashay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka yimid dhanka Tigray, balse dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag.
Dagaalka oo sii kordha gobollada waqooyi
Dagaalka ayaa mar kale ka bilowday gobolka Tigray, kadib markii saddex iyo toban qabiil oo isku dayay inay dowladda Itoobiya ka saaraan, ay isku dayeen inay dagaal ka dhigaan gobollada Afar iyo Amhara. Ciidamada dowladda ayaa sheegay inay ku dileen 272 askari oo ka tirsan TPLF, iyagoo sidoo kale dhaawacay 260 qof.
Dagaalka ayaa mar kale ka bilowday gobolka Tigray, kadib markii saddex iyo toban qabiil oo isku dayay inay dowladda Itoobiya ka saaraan, ay isku dayeen inay dagaal ka dhigaan gobollada Afar iyo Amhara. Ciidamada dowladda ayaa sheegay inay ku dileen 272 askari oo ka tirsan TPLF, iyagoo sidoo kale dhaawacay 260 qof.
Dowladda Itoobiya oo sheegaysa inay ka hortagto dagaal
Taliyaha ciidamada dalka, Marwo Berhanu Jula, ayaa sheegay in dagaalka uu ka dhashay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka yimid dhanka Tigray, balse dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag. Wuxuu sheegay in dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag, iyadoo ciidamadu ay ku jiraan xaalad adag.
Taliyaha ciidamada dalka, Marwo Berhanu Jula, ayaa sheegay in dagaalka uu ka dhashay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka yimid dhanka Tigray, balse dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag. Wuxuu sheegay in dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag, iyadoo ciidamadu ay ku jiraan xaalad adag.
Dowladda Itoobiya oo sheegaysa inay ka hortagto dagaal
Taliyaha ciidamada dalka, Marwo Berhanu Jula, ayaa sheegay in dagaalka uu ka dhashay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka yimid dhanka Tigray, balse dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag. Wuxuu sheegay in dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag, iyadoo ciidamadu ay ku jiraan xaalad adag.
Taliyaha ciidamada dalka, Marwo Berhanu Jula, ayaa sheegay in dagaalka uu ka dhashay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka yimid dhanka Tigray, balse dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag. Wuxuu sheegay in dowladdu ay ku jirto xaalad adag, iyadoo ciidamadu ay ku jiraan xaalad adag.
Ethiopia's federal military says it is handling rising tensions in the north with restraint, but fears of a new civil war are intensifying as fighting spreads across Tigray, Afar and Amhara regions.
Military Chief Defends Restraint Strategy
Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Berhanu Jula said the military was responding to provocations from the Tigray front with 'wisdom and restraint'. He accused Eritrea of funding and supporting armed groups to weaken Ethiopia, describing the 'Tsimdo' alliance as an extension of a longstanding pattern of hostile alliances, which he said cannot confront the state without outside backing. Eritrea denied the accusations, wary that landlocked Ethiopia may be seeking to invade it to gain access to the Red Sea.
The army command said it prefers a strategy of 'strategic calm' over a large-scale military confrontation, arguing the Tigray front's popular support is dwindling and its leadership divided. This comes as the fighting has spread from Tigray into neighbouring Afar and Amhara regions after seven armed groups announced an alliance, the Ethiopian Peoples' Forces Alliance for Survival, committed to removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government.
Fighting Intensifies Across Multiple Fronts
In North Wollo, a zone of Amhara bordering Tigray, the army said on Thursday it had killed 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounded 260 in a counter-offensive, reporting heavy losses for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The TPLF's Tigray Army said the federal government had launched a 'full-scale offensive' involving infantry, mechanised units and drones. Abdisalam Balema, a TPLF central committee member, told Al Jazeera the situation had become a 'full war'.
Fighting has also continued around Sama, Soqota and Raya Alamata, with government forces reportedly closing in on the town of Alamata. In Afar, the latest battles have taken place around Abala, where the military has been trying to prevent rebels from seizing control. Internet access was reportedly cut across northern Ethiopia on Friday, a day after the UN said it was alarmed by reports of drones being used against civilians there.
Pretoria Agreement Under Severe Strain
The renewed fighting has put the 2022 Pretoria Agreement, which ended a brutal two-year civil war in Tigray, under severe strain. It comes weeks after Washington lifted sanctions on Ethiopia and Eritrea tied to atrocities from the last war, saying the 'national emergency … has expired'. Addressing the UN General Assembly, Ethiopia's president sought to portray the country as a force for regional stability, accusing unnamed external actors of meddling in Ethiopia's affairs while highlighting Addis Ababa's role in supporting peace efforts in neighbouring Sudan.
Alemayehu Weldemariam, a professor of law at Indiana University, told Al Jazeera that the federal government bears much of the blame for the collapse of the Pretoria Agreement. 'This war has been in the making for a while now. Much of the provisions in the cessation of hostilities [in the 2022 agreement] were primarily sabotaged by the federal government itself,' he said, citing fuel, service and cash restrictions imposed on Tigray, and the government's failure to set up the interim administration the deal had promised.
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