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Forces in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region fired missiles towards the capital of neighbouring Eritrea for a second consecutive day after Ethiopian federal troops routed them from their own regional capital, according to foreign diplomats with knowledge of the attack.
Officials from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front have blamed Eritrea for helping Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed advance against them as the conflict in Africa’s second-biggest nation spills beyond its borders.
The US embassy in Asmara, Eritrea’s capital, reported half a dozen explosions at about 10:13 pm on November 28, in a statement on its website. A single blast occurred in the city last week, the embassy said.
At least three rockets were fired at Eritrea from Tigray two weeks earlier. The foreign
diplomats spoke on condition of anonymity because they cannot speak publicly on the matter.
Conflict broke out in Ethiopia in retaliation for an alleged assault on an army base that Abiy blamed on the Tigray region’s government. Relations between Tigray and Abiy’s administration have been strained since he took office in 2018.