Rockets target Eritrea capital after Ethiopia declares victory in Tigray

November 30, 2020

Arab News:

 

Rockets launched from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region targeted the capital of Eritrea, several hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared that military operations in the region were over, diplomats told AFP on Sunday.
It remained impossible to independently verify whether the regional capital, Mekele, was completely under federal government control, though a military spokesman told AFP that operations were proceeding “very well.”
The US embassy in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, reported early on Sunday that “six explosions” had occurred in the city “at about 10:13 pm” on Saturday.
Two Addis Ababa-based diplomats told AFP that multiple rockets appeared to have targeted Asmara’s airport and military installations…

 

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