Eritrean troops deployed in Ethiopia's Tigray region amid escalation

Eritrean troops have deployed in recent days around a town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, according to a local official and residents, following roughly two weeks of internal conflict that threatens to trigger a wider regional war.

The reported movement comes amid escalating clashes across northern Ethiopia. Conflict monitoring and territorial maps tracking violence in Tigray show widespread hostilities, troop movements, and shifting frontlines across the region and adjacent border areas.

Concerns remain high that the cross-border deployments could further destabilize the Horn of Africa, drawing international borders directly into the ongoing fighting. Local witnesses and authorities have voiced alarm over the potential expansion of the confrontation beyond Ethiopia's borders.