Health facilities in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray are running out of medical supplies necessary to treat patients wounded as a result of the recent armed clashes in the region’s capital of Mek’ele, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Sunday.
On Saturday, the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) conducted an offensive against the northern region’s forces — the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) — and gained full control of Mek’ele, which used to be the TPLF’s headquarters. While the Tigray forces have accused the ENDF of bombarding the city, Ethiopian Ambassador to Russia Alemayehu Tegenu Argau denied this in a comment to Sputnik, stressing that the operation targeted the TPLF, not civilians.
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