Abiy’s efforts to block external supplies to TPLF attract Mideast powers to conflict
Ethiopian soldiers arrive at the Mekele Rehabilitation Centre in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia, on July 2, 2021. FILE PHOTO | COURTESY
The desire by the Ethiopian government to seal off external access routes for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has attracted Middle East rivals to the Tigray war, adding outside influence to the year-long conflict.
This week, the TPLF, once a ruling party in Ethiopia but now considered a terrorist group in Addis Ababa, wrote an open letter to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, accusing three Middle Eastern powers of supplying arms to the Ethiopian government.
