Al-Jazeera correspondent in Ethiopia said that the Tigray People's Liberation Front and its allies have taken control of the city of Shuarupet in the Amhara region in the north of the country, while the Ethiopian authorities said that they are responding to the attacks of the fronts in 4 provinces, while the African and American mediation continues to reach a halt to the fighting between government forces and the Tigray Front, and the delivery of aid for those affected.

Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted sources as saying that the alliance of the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Aung Shini group have taken control of the city of Chouarobet, which is about 230 km northeast of the capital, Addis Ababa.

The sources added that the fall of the city in the hands of the alliance of the Tigray Front and the Aung Shini group comes after 4 days of battles with government forces, and after the Tigray Front took control of the Atay and Sanbti regions.

The Tigray Front is trying to reach the Melle region, which lies on a main line linking Addis Ababa and Djibouti, and is a vital artery for transporting goods into the country.

attack and fend off

Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Front, said - via a tweet on Twitter - that the Ethiopian army launched a new air attack today on the northern Tigray region, by sending "a drone that attacked residential areas in the city of Mekele," and there was no comment from the army in this regard.

On the other hand, Ethiopian TV said that the army, the Amhara regional forces and the special forces are confronting the Tigray People's Liberation Front in the currently active fighting positions, in the regions of Amhara, Oromia, Afar and Tigray.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reminded his people of their victory over the occupation in the battle of "Adwa" against the Italians in 1896. Abiy - in a tweet on his Twitter account - thanked the Ethiopian people for their role in telling the world the truth, as he put it, and said that "the Ethiopians, with their unity, will overcome the threat of distant powers." And close."


Continuation of mediation

In a related context, African envoys Olusegun Obasanjo and American Jeffrey Feltman will continue their visit to Addis Ababa in order to develop an initiative to resolve the crisis, and the two envoys are expected to meet with Abiy Ahmed tomorrow, Monday, amid news that the government and the Tigray Liberation Front have agreed to an American proposal to allow the delivery of aid to civilians in combat zones between the two sides.

And US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington was working to communicate an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia without conditions, and to allow aid to enter those in need in the north of the country.

Abi Ahmed's government has set conditions for possible talks with opposition factions, including a halt to attacks, the withdrawal of the Tigray Front from the neighboring Amhara and Afar regions, and recognition of the government's legitimacy.

For its part, the Tigray People's Liberation Front is demanding that aid be allowed into the region from which the conflict erupted last year.

international concerns

International calls to stop the fighting in Ethiopia come amid fears that the current war will lead to the fragmentation of the country, which includes several ethnic components, including the Oromo, the Amhara and the Tigray.

It is noteworthy that on November 4, 2020, clashes erupted between the Ethiopian army and the Tigray Front, after government forces entered the region, in response to an attack on an army base.

On the 28th of the same month, Ethiopia announced the end of the law enforcement operation by controlling the entire region, despite reports of continuing human rights violations in the region, where thousands of civilians were killed.

In early November, the Ethiopian authorities declared a state of emergency in the country after the forces of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and its allies advanced in the north of the country, and the front threatened to advance towards the capital. The north and the approach of the battles to the capital, which made several countries call on their nationals to leave Ethiopia.