TPLF Chairman Announces New Fighting in Northern Ethiopia Amid Diplomatic Escalations

TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael announced that a new war has broken out in various areas since last week, urging the people of Tigray to stand together. Reports indicate that federal forces alongside the breakaway Tigray Peace Force have captured key areas including parts of Raya, Enderta, and Tembien. Debretsion described the conflict as being conducted with regional allies and accused foreign nations, including the UAE, of involvement. In response to regional tensions, Chief of General Staff Field Marshal Birhanu Jula stated that Ethiopian forces are fighting groups organized to serve foreign interests, pointing to Eritrean and Sudanese backing. Meanwhile, diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and its neighbors have drastically deteriorated. Ethiopia expelled an Egyptian diplomat over diplomatic violations, prompting Cairo to condemn the act as unjustified, while Eritrea severed all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia after Addis Ababa closed its embassy in Asmara and expelled ten Eritrean diplomats.