Addis Ababa, Oct 8, 2026 (AFP) - Ethiopia drone strikes against Eritrean troops in northern Tigray: witnesses, monitor

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Ethiopian drone strikes have targeted Eritrean forces who had reached a northern Tigrayan city, a conflict monitor and witnesses said Thursday, as fears soared of a wider regional war. Relations between the two neighbouring countries, who fought a brutal border war between 1998-2000, have sharply deteriorated recently. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing rebels in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region and the two countries severed diplomatic ties las......

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