# Why Eritrea matters as fighting returns to Tigray

https://mins.news/en/item/74015

- DW, 2026-09-25 13:34 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/why-eritrea-matters-as-fighting-returns-to-tigray/a-79426582?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The United States has lifted key sanctions on Eritrea as fighting intensifies in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and Houthi attacks disrupt Red Sea shipping. Analysts say Eritrea’s position near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is increasing its strategic value, while the renewed conflict threatens the 2022 Pretoria peace agreement and could widen into a regional confrontation.

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