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The Tigray war [b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 [a] to 3 November 2022. [45] [46] It was a civil war [47] that was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between forces allied to the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other.
The Tigray war erupted in November 2020 following a dispute between the Ethiopian federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the ruling party of the Tigray Region, over the region's autonomy. The conflict resulted in thousands of deaths and a humanitarian crisis.
The Mekelle offensive was a military campaign fought at the start of the Tigray War between the national armed forces of Ethiopia and the Tigray Region.The Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) launched an offensive aimed at seizing the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) controlled regional capital of Mekelle starting on 17 November 2020.
Rebellious soldiers used government tanks to attack their former comrades in a military base in the first chaotic days of Ethiopia's month-long war in the region of Tigray, according to two ...
They also claimed to have killed almost an entire Ethiopian division during fighting at Raya. [131] This division is the 21st mechanised division. [132] On 7 December 2020 heavy fighting broke out between AMISOM troops and Ethiopian troops in Hiran region, Somalia, when Ethiopian troops tried to disarm Tigrayan troops.
The Tigray Defense Forces consist of former members of the gendarmerie Regional Special Forces in the Tigray Region, ENDF defectors, [6] [13] local militia, members of Tigrayan regional political parties including the TPLF, National Congress of Great Tigray, Salsay Weyane Tigray, Tigray Independence Party and others, [14] as well as numerous youth who fled to the mountains [clarification needed].
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed for the first time on Tuesday that troops from neighbouring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region during the five-month-old conflict, the first ...
On 3–4 November 2020, [a] forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) launched attacks on the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) Northern Command headquarters in Mekelle [5] and bases in Adigrat, [3] Agula, [3] Dansha, [4] and Sero [1] in the Tigray Region, marking the beginning of the Tigray War. [5]