多名消息人士周三透露，厄立特里亚军队已进驻埃塞俄比亚北部的提格雷地区，此举有可能使这场国内冲突演变为一场波及整个地区的战争。9月23日，提格雷人民解放阵线叛军与埃塞俄比亚联邦政府军爆发交火，引发了人们对2020至2022年间那场惨烈内战再度爆发的担忧。埃塞俄比亚指责厄立特里亚暗中支持叛军，两国上周断绝了外交关系。
Eritrean troops have deployed in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, multiple sources said Wednesday, threatening to turn an internal conflict into a wider regional war. Fighting broke out between the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front and Ethiopian federal forces on September 23, sparking fears of a return to the devastating 2020-2022 civil war. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing the rebels, and the two neighbours severed diplomatic ties last week.
在地方民兵的协助下，埃塞俄比亚军队成功击退了提格雷叛军；周末时，由于叛军主动撤离，埃塞俄比亚军队未遇抵抗便进驻了该地区首府默克莱。多家消息来源向法新社证实，厄立特里亚军队已越过边境，目前驻扎在距默克莱以北约115公里的阿迪格拉特周边，并正继续向南推进。厄立特里亚方面担心，地处内陆的埃塞俄比亚可能企图发动入侵以取得通往红海的直接通道；分析人士指出，厄立特里亚此举意在防止战火蔓延至本国境内。
The Ethiopian army has successfully pushed back the Tigrayan rebels with the help of local militias and entered the regional capital of Mekelle at the weekend without a fight as the TPLF abandoned the city. Multiple sources told AFP that Eritrean troops have crossed the border and were positioned around Adigrat, some 115 kilometres north of Mekelle, and were pushing south. Eritrea fears landlocked Ethiopia plans to invade to seize direct access to the Red Sea, and analysts say it wants to prevent the war reaching its territory."
“厄立特里亚军队身着军装、配备重型武器进入了提格雷地区，”与埃塞俄比亚军队并肩作战的亲政府民兵组织“提格雷和平部队”指挥官格布雷伊兹亚贝尔·贝耶内说道。“这支部队正遭到无人机攻击，”他补充称，厄立特里亚“刻意派遣军队，目的就是让战斗发生在提格雷境内，避免战火波及本国”。在社交平台X上发布的一份声明中，厄立特里亚新闻部长耶马内·梅斯克尔并未否认军队越境的事实，但称埃塞俄比亚政府正在炮制“所谓‘自卫’的虚假说辞，以此为侵略行径寻找借口、加以掩饰”。
The Eritrean army has entered Tigray in uniform, equipped with heavy weaponry," said Gebreigziabher Beyene, commander of the Tigray Peace Force, a pro-government militia that has fought alongside the Ethiopian army." This force is being struck by drones," he said, adding Eritrea was "deliberately deploying its forces so that the fighting takes place inside Tigray rather than spilling into Eritrea".In a statement on X, Eritrea's information minister, Yemane Meskel, did not deny that troops had crossed the border, but said Ethiopia's government was creating "a fallacious narrative of 'self-defence' to rationalise and camouflage its war of aggression".In Adigrat, two eyewitnesses told AFP they saw Eritrean soldiers on the streets, heading south in lorries with heavy weaponry.A local official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the troops had been there for days and "the population is very concerned".Conflict monitor ACLED said Eritrean troops had crossed the border at Zelambesa on Wednesday.
在阿迪格拉特，两名目击者向法新社证实，他们看到厄立特里亚士兵乘坐装载着重型武器的卡车沿街向南行进。一位要求匿名的当地官员告诉法新社，这些军队已在当地驻扎多日，“民众对此深感忧虑”。冲突监测机构ACLED称，厄立特里亚军队于周三从泽兰贝萨一带越境。
And it said Tigrayan rebel forces were "heavily present" around Wukro, a town along the same road that leads to the regional capital."
据报道，提格雷地区的叛军力量在通往该地区首府的公路沿线的武克罗镇周边活动频繁。据ACLED在情况通报中指出：“厄立特里亚军队介入提格雷战事，旨在阻止埃塞俄比亚政府军及其盟友逼近边境，防止其进入厄立特里亚领土作战。”——地区局势紧张——厄立特里亚于1993年脱离埃塞俄比亚独立，两国曾在1998年至2000年间爆发激烈的边境战争。
Eritrean forces entered the war in Tigray to halt the Ethiopian government and allied forces from reaching the border and potentially fighting within Eritrea's territory," ACLED said in a briefing note.- Regional tensions -Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and the two sides fought a brutal border war between 1998 and 2000.
2018年埃塞俄比亚总理阿比·艾哈迈德上任后，双边关系显著改善；2020年至2022年的内战期间，厄立特里亚甚至与埃塞俄比亚并肩对抗提格雷人民解放阵线。然而，双方关系随后迅速恶化，主要诱因是埃塞俄比亚始终坚称自己有权获得出海口。本月早些时候，埃塞俄比亚驱逐了10名厄立特里亚外交官并关闭了驻阿斯马拉使馆，厄立特里亚则回应称将“断绝一切外交联系”。英国与美国等国也相继提醒本国公民切勿前往埃塞俄比亚北部地区。
Relations improved markedly with the rise of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in 2018 and Eritrea even fought alongside Ethiopia during the 2020-2022 civil war against the TPLF. But the relationship soon deteriorated, particularly over Ethiopia's persistent claims that it has a right to sea access. Earlier this month, Ethiopia expelled 10 Eritrean diplomats and shut its embassy in Asmara, while Eritrea responded that it would "sever all diplomatic ties".Britain and the United States were among countries warning their citizens to avoid travelling in northern Ethiopia.dyg-