UN Plane Aborts Landing as Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Tigray

UN Plane Aborts Landing as Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Tigray
Members of Amhara special forces stand guard on the Ethiopia-Eritrean border near the town of Humera in Ethiopia, on July 1, 2021. Stringer/Reuters
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ADDIS ABABA—An Ethiopian government air strike on the capital of the northern Tigray region on Friday forced a U.N. aid flight to abort a landing there, the United Nations said.

In neighboring Amhara region, people were fleeing intensified fighting.