Ethiopia drones hit Eritrean troops in Tigray

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Ethiopian drone strikes hit Eritrean forces positioned around the Tigrayan city of Adigrat overnight Wednesday into Thursday, according to conflict monitor ACLED and multiple witnesses, after Eritrean troops crossed the border this week. Witnesses described destroyed lorries and a massive explosion, with one person reporting Eritrean troops appeared to be retreating north; neither government has responded to questions about the fighting.

Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing rebels in Tigray, while Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of seeking a pretext to invade and seize Red Sea access; the two countries severed diplomatic ties last week after Ethiopia expelled ten Eritrean diplomats. Relations had improved after Abiy Ahmed became prime minister in 2018, and Eritrea fought alongside Ethiopia during its 2020-22 civil war against Tigrayan forces, but ties soured afterward over the peace deal's terms and Ethiopia's territorial sea-access claims.

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Two governments that fought each other for two years, then fought on the same side for two more, are now back to trading drone strikes over a city neither one will officially admit to attacking. Silence from both capitals while witnesses count destroyed trucks in the street is its own kind of answer. A region that already knows what a border war costs seems determined to find out again.

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