# Ethiopia’s Tigray war: Where do the UAE and Saudi Arabia stand?

https://mins.news/en/item/97279

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-13 01:46 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/ethiopias-tigray-war-where-do-the-uae-and-saudi-arabia-stand?traffic_source=rss

> Renewed fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region is raising concerns about wider instability in the Horn of Africa. The UAE has publicly backed Ethiopia’s federal government, while Saudi Arabia has not commented on the latest fighting; both countries’ diplomatic roles and strategic interests are under scrutiny.

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