10月2日——据居民和一名外交官介绍，周五，埃塞俄比亚政府军逼近北部反叛据点提格雷的首府。随着埃塞俄比亚与厄立特里亚断交，外界日益担忧战斗可能扩大为一场更大规模的战争。
Oct 2 - Ethiopian government forces closed in on the capital of the northern rebel stronghold of Tigray on Friday, residents and a diplomat said, as fears grew that fighting could spill into a wider war after Ethiopia and Eritrea cut diplomatic ties.
两名因安全原因要求不具名的居民告诉路透社，梅克勒市的银行和商店均已关闭，埃塞俄比亚国防军及其盟友民兵据报已近在咫尺。
Banks and shops in the city, Mekelle, were closed with the Ethiopian National Defence Force and allied militiamen reported to be within striking distance, two residents, who asked not to be named for security reasons, told Reuters.
上周，亲政府武装与由该地区执政党提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）领导的反叛联盟爆发战斗后，迅速向提格雷各地推进。这是2020年至2022年内战结束后最严重的一次暴力升级。
Pro-government forces have made quick advances into Tigray since combat erupted last week with a rebel alliance led by the region's ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, in the worst escalation of violence since a 2020-2022 civil war.
但本周早些时候埃塞俄比亚首都亚的斯亚贝巴发生疑似无人机袭击，表明TPLF及其盟友可能具备比此前所认为的更强打击能力。
But suspected drone attacks on the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, earlier this week suggested the TPLF and its allies might have better striking capability than previously thought.
埃塞俄比亚军方和政府发言人未回应有关据报推进及亚的斯亚贝巴疑似遭袭事件的置评请求。
Spokespeople for Ethiopia's military and government did not respond to requests for comment on the reported advance or suspected attacks on Addis Ababa.
埃塞俄比亚关闭驻厄立特里亚大使馆。分析人士担心，在一个日益脆弱、区域大国争夺影响力的地区，当前冲突可能蔓延至埃塞俄比亚境外。提格雷北邻埃塞俄比亚的长期宿敌厄立特里亚，西邻已陷入持续三年多内战的苏丹。
ETHIOPIA CLOSES EMBASSY IN ERITREA Analysts fear the current conflict could spread beyond Ethiopia's borders in an increasingly fragile territory where regional powers are competing for influence. Tigray has Ethiopia's longtime foe Eritrea to its north, and Sudan — caught up in a more than three-year-old civil war — to its west.
埃塞俄比亚政府指控厄立特里亚、苏丹和埃及支持反对派联盟，但三国均否认这一指控。
Ethiopia's government has accused Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of supporting the opposition alliance - an allegation they have all denied.
周四，埃塞俄比亚宣布关闭其驻厄立特里亚大使馆，“以回应厄立特里亚直接和间接的敌对及侵略行为”，并命令10名厄立特里亚外交官在48小时内离开埃塞俄比亚。
On Thursday, Ethiopia said it was closing its embassy in Eritrea "in response to Eritrea's direct and indirect acts of hostility and belligerence" and ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave Ethiopia within 48 hours.
厄立特里亚随即与埃塞俄比亚断绝全部外交关系。两国曾于1998年至2000年爆发边界战争，直到2018年才恢复外交关系。
Eritrea responded by severing all diplomatic ties with Ethiopia. The two countries fought a border war from 1998-2000 and only restored diplomatic relations in 2018.
在2020-2022年的战争中，厄立特里亚与埃塞俄比亚联邦政府一起对抗蒂格雷人阵，造成数十万人死亡。此后，两国关系恶化，部分原因是内陆埃塞俄比亚公开坚称海上通道对其安全和经济至关重要。
Eritrea fought alongside Ethiopia's federal government against the TPLF during the 2020-2022 war, in which hundreds of thousands of people were killed. Relations have since soured, in part over landlocked Ethiopia's public insistence that sea access is vital for its security and economy.
厄立特里亚表示，担心埃塞俄比亚将试图武力占领其阿萨布港口。埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德表示，埃塞俄比亚打算通过和平手段确保海上通行。
Eritrea says it fears Ethiopia will try to take its Assab port by force. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has said Ethiopia intends to secure sea access through peaceful means.
TPLF威胁反击亲政府的提格雷和平部队民兵周四表示，联邦军队和盟军民兵占领了梅克莱以南约75公里（50英里）的一个城镇。梅克莱的一名居民说，他们现在距离30公里以内。
TPLF THREATENS COUNTER-ATTACK The federal forces and allied militiamen captured a town about 75 km (50 miles) south of Mekelle, the pro-government Tigray Peace Forces militia said on Thursday. One of the Mekelle residents said they were now within 30 km.
蒂格雷人阵主席德布雷松·格布雷迈克尔周四承认，联邦军队已经占领了该地区的部分地区，但表示他的部队将“在适当的时候”进行反击。
TPLF chairperson Debretsion Gebremichael acknowledged on Thursday that federal forces had occupied some parts of the region but said his forces would counter-attack "in due course".
他在一份声明中说：“我们应该确保提格雷是他们的墓地，而不是他们的游乐场。”
"We should ensure that Tigray is their graveyard, not their playground," he said in a statement.
周四，埃塞俄比亚外交部还驱逐了一名埃及外交官，促使开罗以驱逐埃塞俄比亚大使馆参赞的方式作出回应。
On Thursday, Ethiopia's foreign ministry also expelled an Egyptian diplomat, prompting Cairo to respond in kind by expelling an Ethiopian embassy counsellor.
非洲联盟委员会在一份声明中敦促埃塞俄比亚、厄立特里亚和埃及保持“最大限度的克制”。
In a statement, the African Union Commission urged Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise "maximum restraint".
在最近的战斗之前，蒂格雷人阵与其他六个埃塞俄比亚武装组织结盟，声称他们的目标是推翻阿比政府。
EXPLOSIONS HEARD IN ETHIOPIAN CAPITAL Ahead of the latest fighting, the TPLF formed an alliance with six other Ethiopian armed groups that say they aim to overthrow Abiy's government.
虽然蒂格雷人阵和盟军战士在邻近的阿姆哈拉和阿法尔地区取得了一些初步进展，但亲政府部队说，这些进展在很大程度上已经逆转。
While the TPLF and allied fighters made some initial gains in the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions, pro-government forces say those have been largely reversed.
周三深夜，亚的斯亚贝巴听到爆炸声，一位与反对派联盟有关的消息人士称，这是针对埃塞俄比亚国防军总部和其他地点的无人机袭击。路透社无法独立核实这一点。
Explosions were heard late Wednesday night in Addis Ababa, in what a source linked to the opposition alliance said were drone attacks targeting the ENDF headquarters there and other sites. Reuters could not independently verify this.
如果这一消息得到证实，这将是反政府武装首次对亚的斯亚贝巴发动无人机袭击。亚的斯亚贝巴距离北部前线有数百公里之远。
If confirmed, it would be the first known drone attack by anti-government forces on Addis Ababa, which is hundreds of kilometres from the northern front lines.