埃塞俄比亚政府军连夜战斗，击退了提格雷叛军在邻国阿法尔地区的袭击，一位人道主义消息人士透露。冲突伴随着埃塞俄比亚北部全面断网的报道而发生，引发人们担心冲突正在超出其原有前线范围扩大。
Ethiopian government forces battled overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebel fighters in the neighboring Afar region, a humanitarian source said. The clash came alongside reports of an internet blackout across northern Ethiopia, raising fears the conflict is widening beyond its original front line.
一位人道主义消息人士周五告诉记者，埃塞俄比亚政府军连夜战斗，击退了提格雷叛军在邻国阿法尔地区的袭击，这表明该国冲突正在蔓延至原有前线之外。这场冲突标志着自亚的斯亚贝巴与提格雷武装重新交火以来，最重大的升级之一。
Ethiopian government forces fought overnight to repel an assault by Tigray rebel fighters in the neighboring Afar region, a humanitarian source told reporters on Friday, in a sign that the country's conflict is spreading beyond its original front line. The clash marks one of the most significant escalations since fighting resumed between Addis Ababa and Tigray forces.
这场通宵战斗与埃塞俄比亚北部部分地区断网的报道同时发生，切断了居民和试图追踪战斗伤亡情况的援助人员的通讯。人道主义组织反复警告，冲突重燃可能会恶化一个本已脆弱的局势，该地区仍在从一场导致数十万人丧生的早期内战中恢复。
The overnight battle coincided with reports of an internet blackout across parts of northern Ethiopia, cutting communications for residents and aid workers trying to track the fighting's toll. Humanitarian groups have repeatedly warned that renewed conflict risks worsening an already fragile situation in a region still recovering from an earlier civil war that killed hundreds of thousands of people.
埃塞俄比亚当局尚未就阿法尔地区的战斗或报道中的通讯中断发表官方声明。这场冲突加剧了地区日益增长的担忧，即最近几周重燃的冲突可能会牵连更多埃塞俄比亚地区，并使本已面临粮食短缺的社区更难获得人道主义援助。
Ethiopian authorities have not issued an official statement on the fighting in Afar or the reported communications blackout. The clash adds to growing regional concern that the conflict, which reignited in recent weeks, could draw in additional Ethiopian regions and complicate humanitarian access to communities already facing food shortages.