与埃塞俄比亚政府结盟的一个武装组织表示，该组织即将全面控制饱受战火蹂躏的北部提格雷地区。
An armed group aligned with the Ethiopian government has said it is close to gaining full control of the conflict-stricken northern Tigray region.
提格雷和平部队（TPF）指挥官周四深夜在社交媒体上宣称，提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）的部队已被彻底消灭。
The commander of the Tigray Peace Forces (TPF) declared on social media late on Thursday that Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces had been wiped out.
半岛电视台无法立即核实这一说法。此前，埃塞俄比亚联邦政府军，包括TPF在内，与TPLF领导的反对派联盟于9月恢复交火。
The claim, which could not be immediately verified by Al Jazeera, came after fighting resumed between Ethiopian federal forces – including the TPF – and an opposition alliance led by the TPLF in September.
居民周五告诉路透社，埃塞俄比亚政府军正在逼近该地区首府梅克勒。
Residents told the Reuters news agency on Friday that Ethiopian government forces were closing on the region’s capital Mekelle.
TPLF主席德布雷松·格布雷米海尔周四承认，联邦政府军已经占领该地区的部分区域，但表示他的部队将“适时”发起反击。
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”.
自上周爆发战斗以来，支持政府的部队迅速推进至提格雷地区。战事重燃紧随2022年和平协议明显破裂之后，该协议曾结束联邦政府与提格雷地区部队之间的战争。
Pro-government forces have made quick advances into Tigray since fighting erupted last week. The return of the hostilities follows the apparent collapse of a 2022 peace deal that ended the war between the federal government and forces from the Tigray region.
七个武装和政治团体于9月20日宣布结盟，旨在推翻总理阿比·艾哈迈德的政府，并建立一个具有包容性的过渡政府。
Seven armed and political groups announced an alliance on September 20 aimed at removing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s administration and establishing an inclusive transitional government.
非洲联盟上月报告称，提格雷部队已经占领梅克勒、阿克苏姆和希雷的机场，并拘留了联邦政府人员，导致民航服务中断。战火还从提格雷南部蔓延至邻近的阿姆哈拉和阿法尔地区。
The African Union reported last month that Tigrayan forces had seized airports in Mekelle, Axum and Shire and detained federal personnel, disrupting civilian air services. Fighting has also spread from southern Tigray to the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions.
半岛电视台阿拉伯语频道埃塞俄比亚分社主任穆罕默德·塔哈·塔瓦凯尔报道称，提格雷和平部队指挥官的上述言论“揭示了这场冲突的新阶段”。
The remarks from the commander of the Tigray Peace Forces “shed light on a new phase of this conflict,” reported Al Jazeera Arabic Ethiopia Bureau Chief Mohammed Taha Tawakel.
他表示，联邦军队显然正在全力支持TPF，但原有的TPLF仍控制着数座城镇，并沿着800多公里的边境与厄立特里亚保持着密切联系。
The federal army is clearly providing full support to the TPF, yet the original TPLF still holds several towns, he said, but maintains a strong link with Eritrea along more than 800 kilometres of frontier.
“这增加了冲突日益演变为提格雷人内部斗争的可能性，”特瓦凯尔指出。
“That raises the prospect of the conflict increasingly becoming an internal struggle among Tigrayans themselves,” Tawakel noted.
埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德·阿里面临一个新的武装联盟，该联盟包括提格雷人民解放阵线（TPLF）和另外六个团体[美联社图片]。埃塞俄比亚军方官员指控厄立特里亚、埃及和苏丹支持由提格雷人主导的军事联盟。由此，埃塞俄比亚、厄立特里亚和埃及之间发生了相互驱逐外交官的事件。
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali faces a new armed alliance that includes the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and six other groups [File: AP] Ethiopian military officials have accused Eritrea, Egypt and Sudan of supporting the Tigrayan-led fighting alliance. That has led to tit-for-tat expulsions of diplomats between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt.
非洲联盟呼吁这三个国家“最大限度保持克制”，并要求它们“避免采取可能进一步加剧紧张局势、破坏地区和平的行动或发表相关言论”。
The African Union has called for “maximum restraint” between the three countries and for them to “refrain from actions or statements that could further escalate tensions and undermine regional peace”.
厄立特里亚和埃及否认了有关它们支持旨在破坏埃塞俄比亚稳定的行动的说法。与此同时，冲突正在使提格雷地区的人道主义局势进一步恶化。
Eritrea and Egypt have denied accusations that they are backing efforts to destabilise Ethiopia. Meanwhile, the conflict is provoking a worsening humanitarian situation in Tigray.
“该地区有六百至七百万人口，他们生活在停电、互联网中断和通信完全中断的环境中，”特瓦凯尔说。
”The region is home to between six and seven million people, living amid electricity cuts, internet blackouts and a total lack of communications,” Tawakel said.
他报道称，一些平民担心战事蔓延至主要城市中心，已经开始逃往阿姆哈拉和阿法尔。
Some civilians, fearing the fighting could move into major urban centres, have already begun fleeing to Amhara and Afar, he reported.
他补充说，包括联合国在内的援助机构已设法将部分行动转移至新近获得安全保障的地区，以维持最低限度的人道主义援助准入。
Aid agencies, including the United Nations, have managed to relocate some operations to newly secured areas, he added, in an effort to maintain a minimum level of humanitarian access.