TPLF Says It Temporarily Left Mekelle as Federal Forces and Allied Militia Take City

Al Jazeera reports federal forces and allied Tigray Peace Force fighters took Mekelle after the TPLF withdrew, which the TPLF called tactical and temporary; it says it will keep fighting from other locations. Fighting has spread to Afar and Amhara as part of a wider armed-opposition alliance. Eritrea and Ethiopia severed relations Thursday. Independent verification of the ground situation remains limited.