On Thursday, Ethiopian and Eritrean forces launched a “joint” military attack on the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the Tigray areas bordering Eritrea, northern Ethiopian authorities confirmed.
“After (Ethiopia) redeployed a huge military force to Eritrea, it launched a joint attack with Eritrean forces” on northern Tigray, which borders Eritrea, the force command said in a statement.
On Wednesday, the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces exchanged accusations of opening new fronts in northern Ethiopia, a week after the resumption of hostilities that violated a five-month truce.
The expansion of the conflict comes as a result of a new air raid on Mekele, the capital of Tigray, the second since the resumption of hostilities on August 24 in the Amhara and Afar regions in the southeastern tip of Tigray.
In a statement released on Wednesday morning, the Ethiopian government accused Tigray of expanding its offensive to “other regions” in northern Ethiopia in the Wag administrative region (northeast of Amhara), in Volket, west of Tigray and in areas west of Amhara. in northern Ethiopia. border with Sudan.