Ethiopian Forces Claim Capture of Tigray Town — SkimNews
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- Ethiopian pro-government forces claim to have captured a strategic town in Tigray, per a Reuters headline that frames the report as an unverified claim by one side.
- Other outlets frame the same situation as escalation risk: The Economist warns "a disastrous new war threatens in Africa," while BBC asks whether TPLF forces and the army are "heading back to war," and Semafor reports US lawmakers pressing the Trump administration to intervene.
Why it matters: A confirmed capture of a strategic Tigray town would mark a major battlefield reversal against the TPLF, raising the stakes of a return to full-scale war in northern Ethiopia and drawing US political attention.
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