Ethiopia Launches Major Offensive Against Tigray Forces

Arab News/AFP: Ethiopia forces strike Tigray rebels in 'massive' move

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian troops and their allies are launching air and ground strikes against Tigray rebels in the northern region of Amhara, humanitarian and rebel sources told AFP, amid growing speculation of a major offensive.

A spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been locked in a brutal conflict with pro-government forces in northern Ethiopia for 11 months, said on Saturday there was a “massive move” against the rebels.

The reports come just days after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was sworn in for a new term, vowing to defend “Ethiopia’s honor” despite mounting international criticism of the war and alarm

about the desperate humanitarian crisis it has triggered.

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