Two Missiles Target Ethiopian Airports as Tigray Conflict Widens

Two Missiles Target Ethiopian Airports as Tigray Conflict Widens
Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to the mission to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia Nov. 9, 2020. Tiksa Negeri//Reuters, File Photo
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ADDIS ABABA—Two airports in Ethiopia’s Amhara state which neighbors Tigray where federal troops are fighting local forces were targeted by rocket fire late on Friday, the government said, as an 11-day conflict widened.

The airport in Gondar in Amhara state, which neighbors Tigray, was hit on Friday, while another rocket aimed at the Bahir Dar airport missed the target, the government said.