This is perhaps a major step in the conflict that has now plagued Ethiopia against the dissident province of Tigray in the north of the country for twelve days. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, TPLF, claimed this Sunday, November 15, for rocket fire targeting the capital, Eritrea, on Saturday. By accusing him of collaborating with the Ethiopian forces.
Several rockets aimed at the airport in Asmara, the Eritrean capital. There would have been four, according to Eritrean opposition radio station Erena, based in Paris. If the explosions were confirmed for RFI by a diplomat stationed in Asmara, no assessment is currently available. Were the inhabitants killed or injured? Did these strikes reach and damage the targeted airport? At the moment we do not know. Eritrea has still not officially communicated about these strikes
“Legitimate goals”
The president of Ethiopia’s dissident Tigray region, Debretsion Gebremichael, officially claimed responsibility for the shootings. He claims that “Ethiopian forces use Asmara Airport” to take off planes bombing Tigray. Which, according to him, makes it “a legitimate goal”.
“On several fronts”
This leader of the TPLF also confirms that the Eritrean forces are present in Tigray “on several fronts” and “for several days”. Fees were denied by Asmara, but confirmed by RFI’s correspondent in Ethiopia by several sources.
This would have been particularly the case in the city of Humera, the site of a long battle that was eventually lost by TPLF fighters, depriving them of access to Sudan, which is very important in terms of access.
Also read: Towards a regionalization of the conflict in Tigray
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