Fighting widens across Ethiopia as Tigray clashes escalate
- “They’ve begun an offensive around southern Tigray,” Abdisalam Balema, a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) central committee, told Al Jazeera by phone from Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, on Wednesday morning.
- “They’re carrying out strikes in many places.
- We are not sure of the extent of it or whether they will continue, but we will assess it.
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- “They’ve begun an offensive around southern Tigray,” Abdisalam Balema, a member of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front’s (TPLF) central committee, told Al Jazeera by phone from Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, on Wednesday morning.
- “They’re carrying out strikes in many places.
- We are not sure of the extent of it or whether they will continue, but we will assess it.
Sources: Al Jazeera