# Drones target Eritrean troops inside Ethiopia, conflict monitor says

https://mins.news/en/item/91880

- Reuters, 2026-10-08 17:40 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/drones-target-eritrean-troops-inside-ethiopia-conflict-monitor-says-2026-10-08/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6ac7d57f785858000146506b

> A conflict monitor said on Thursday that drone strikes targeted Eritrean forces deployed in northern Ethiopia overnight. The attack followed an incursion that has brought the Horn of Africa neighbors closer to outright war.

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