# What has triggered the latest Ethiopia–Tigray flare-up?

https://mins.news/en/video/74074

- TRT World, 2026-09-25 14:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOwzaNerd_k

> Fighting is intensifying in Ethiopia after Tigrayan fighters launched an overnight attack on the northern town of Abala, following an offensive against the Amhara region. Federal forces say they repelled both attacks. Martin Plaut of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies offers analysis.

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