Ethiopia captures multiple sites around the city of Mekelle[1]
Ethiopia captures Mekelle on 28 November after two days of battle, TPLF withdraws[2][3]
Belligerents
Tigray
Ethiopia Eritrea
Commanders and leaders
Debretsion Gebremichael (Chief Administrator of Tigray Region and TPLF Chairman) Getachew Reda (TPLF Spokesperson)[4]
Abiy Ahmed (Prime Minister of Ethiopia) Birhanu Jula (ENDF Chief of Staff) Kenea Yadeta (Minister of Defence) Isaias Afewerki (President of Eritrea) Filipos Woldeyohannes (EDF Chief of Staff)
The Mekelle offensive was a military campaign fought between the armed forces of Ethiopia and the Tigray Region to reach the city of Mekelle in the Tigray Region, from 17 November to 28 November 2020. It was part of the Tigray War.
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^"Ethiopia PM says Tigray operation over after army seizes Mekelle". Al-Jazeera. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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^Getachew Reda talks about the state of war situation in Tigray
^"Wieder Luftangriffe der Armee in Tigray" (in German). Deutsche Welle. 9 November 2020. Archived from the original on 19 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^Marks, Simon; Walsh, Declan (3 December 2020). "From Shelled Ethiopian City, Doctors Tally Deaths and Plead for Help". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
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Global Information
Tigray
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Getachew Reda
ENDF