UPDATE: Federal and Allied Forces Enter Mekelle; TPLF Says It Has Withdrawn
ARCHIVE PHOTO — Mekelle, January 25, 2018. This image does not show the October 2026 fighting. Photograph: A.Savin / Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons ; Free Art License . The source panorama was stitched from ten frames; this display is cropped to 16:9. Ethiopian federal and allied forces have entered Mekelle, according to separate reporting by Reuters and AFP. The Tigray People's Liberation Front says it has withdrawn from the regional capital, a material advance beyond the airport takeover CurrentFront reported on October 3. The extent of security and civilian harm inside the city remains unclear. Forces aligned with Ethiopia's federal government entered Mekelle on Saturday, October 3, after recapturing the airport outside the Tigray capital. Reuters reported on October 4 that a humanitarian source and a resident confirmed government forces controlled the city, while a source close to the allied Tigray Peace Forces said its fighters reached the center before federal troo...