Fighting Spreads Beyond Tigray as Ethiopia Conflict Widens

Fighting is intensifying across northern Ethiopia, spreading from Tigray into Amhara and Afar, nearly four years after a peace deal ended the Tigray war. Government forces captured Alamata, while Tigrayan forces advanced into Afar, threatening the Semera-Djibouti trade corridor. Ethiopia's army chief accused Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt of backing armed groups, raising fears of a wider regional war.