双方均指责对方于周五挑起了侵略战争，目前埃塞俄比亚国内的冲突正有演变为地区性战争的危险。
each accused the other of starting a war of aggression on Friday as an internal Ethiopian conflict threatened to escalate into a regional war.
埃塞俄比亚指控厄立特里亚支持其北部提格雷州的叛军，这些叛军上月对联邦政府军发动了袭击。
Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing rebels in its northern Tigray state, who launched attacks against federal forces last month.
两国已断绝外交关系。过去一周，人们看到厄立特里亚军队出现在提格雷州北部，而埃塞俄比亚则对这些部队实施了无人机打击。
The two countries severed diplomatic relations and over the past week, Eritrean troops have been seen in northern Tigray with Ethiopia launching drone strikes against their forces.
一位不愿透露姓名的外国安全事务消息人士向法新社透露，据估计目前有5000至8000名厄立特里亚士兵驻扎在提格雷州。
A foreign security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP they estimated 5,000 to 8,000 Eritrean soldiers were present in Tigray.
埃塞俄比亚外交部长格迪翁·蒂莫特沃斯在致各国外交官的信中写道，厄立特里亚的行为“是公然的侵略行径，侵犯了埃塞俄比亚行使自卫权的正当权利”。
Eritrea's conduct is "a blatant act of aggression that engages Ethiopia's inherent right to self-defence", Ethiopian Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos wrote in a letter to diplomats.
厄立特里亚新闻部长耶马内·格布雷梅斯克尔在社交平台X上回应称，该国正遭受埃塞俄比亚“毫无理由的侵略战争”。
Eritrea's information minister, Yemane Gebremeskel, responded on X that it was facing "an unprovoked war of aggression" from Ethiopia.
过去一周，埃塞俄比亚军队击退了提格雷人民解放阵线叛军并占领了其首府默克莱市。埃塞俄比亚航空公司宣布，从10月11日起将恢复飞往该市的航班。
Ethiopia and Eritrea break diplomatic ties over conflict Over the past week, the Ethiopian army has pushed back the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and seized their capital city Mekelle, with Ethiopian Airlines saying flights to the city would resume from October 11.
另有迹象显示，联邦政府军通过密集的无人机打击也成功击退了厄立特里亚军队。
There are also signs that federal forces have pushed back the Eritrean troops with heavy drone strikes.
据目击者周五向法新社透露，叛军还失去了提格雷州的另外两座城市：希雷和阿迪格拉特。
Rebels lose cities Witnesses told AFP on Friday that the rebels had lost two other cities in Tigray: Shire and Adigrat.
一名在希雷工作的救援人员称，提格雷人民解放阵线的武装人员及当地行政人员已于周三撤离。
An aid worker in Shire said TPLF fighters and the local administration left on Wednesday.
他补充道：“劫掠者在城中横行，因劫掠引发的枪战导致4人死亡、11人受伤，目前亲政府部队尚未进入该城。”
"Looters are operating in the city, and four people were killed and 11 injured in an exchange of gunfire related to the looting," he said, adding that pro-government forces were yet to enter the city.
据冲突监测机构及目击者称，近日厄立特里亚军队也曾出现在阿迪格拉特，随后便遭到了埃塞俄比亚的无人机打击。
Eritrean forces were seen in Adigrat in recent days before being targeted by Ethiopian drone strikes, according to a conflict monitor and witnesses.
据提格雷人民解放阵线内部一个持不同政见派系的官员称，叛军正在向靠近厄立特里亚边境的谢拉罗镇撤退。
The rebels were retreating to Sheraro, a town near the Eritrean border, according to a Tigrayan official from a TPLF dissident faction.
奥斯陆新大学学院的地区问题专家凯蒂尔·特龙沃尔对法新社表示，提格雷人民解放阵线如今正日渐式微，士兵士气低落，对领导层也充满不满。“很多人纷纷叛逃，返回自己的村庄，”他说。
Kjetil Tronvoll, regional specialist at Oslo New University College, told AFP that the TPLF was "withering", with low morale and frustration with their leaders. "Many are defecting and going back to their villages," he said.
“我认为埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德不会止步于边境，”特龙沃尔说道。
"I do not believe (Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ) will stop at the border," Tronvoll said.
地处内陆的埃塞俄比亚始终坚称自己有权获得直接出海口，而厄立特里亚则将此视为埃塞俄比亚企图入侵并夺取阿萨布港的威胁信号。
Landlocked Ethiopia has repeatedly insisted that it has a right to direct sea access, which Eritrea interprets as a threat to invade and seize its port at Assab.
厄立特里亚新闻部长称：“对红海的狂热痴迷，其实也反映出埃塞俄比亚此前就有入侵厄立特里亚的意图。”两国当局均未对法新社的置评请求作出回应。
"The hysterical infatuation with the Red Sea must also be seen with previous intentions to wage a war of invasion against Eritrea," the Eritrean information minister said. Authorities in both countries have not responded to AFP requests for comment.
厄立特里亚于1993年脱离埃塞俄比亚独立，并在1998年至2000年间爆发了残酷的边境战争。
Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and fought a brutal border war from 1998 to 2000.
2018年阿比上台后，两国关系有所改善；在2020年至2022年埃塞俄比亚与提格雷人民解放阵线的内战期间，厄立特里亚还站在埃塞俄比亚一方作战。
Relations improved with the rise to power of Abiy in 2018 and Eritrea fought alongside Ethiopia during the latter's 2020-2022 civil war against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
然而战争结束后两国关系再度恶化：厄立特里亚对战争的收场方式心怀不满，同时也担心遭到埃塞俄比亚入侵。
But relations deteriorated after the war, with Eritrea angry over the way it was concluded and fearing an Ethiopian invasion.