Ethiopian commander reports drone strikes in Tigray

Government-allied forces fought to reclaim more territory in Ethiopia's Tigray region with support from drone strikes on Tuesday, a commander said, as markets reopened in the regional Capital following the withdrawal of anti-Government forces.

Ermiyas Ababu, a Tigray Peace Force commander in the zone containing regional capital Mekelle, said his group was working with the Ethiopian National Defence Force to expand its control after the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, announced its pullout from Mekelle over the weekend.

The front joined six other opposition groups last month in an alliance seeking to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Fighting between that alliance and Government forces escalated late last month, undermining a November 2022 peace agreement that ended a two-year war.