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Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists - Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia said
"Eritrea is deploying its entire army as well as reservists. Our forces are heroically defending their positions," Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), said on Twitter. Eritrean Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Getachew said Ethiopian troops and special forces from the Amhara region to the south had also joined the offensive. Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray region said troops from neighbouring Eritrea started a full-scale offensive on Tuesday and heavy fighting was taking place in several areas along the border. Two aid workers also reported intense fighting along the border, including shelling into a displaced persons camp on the outskirts of the village of Ziban Gedena. They did not say whether Eritrean troops were on the ground in Tigray. If confirmed, the participation of Eritrean troops would mark an escalation in a conflict that was reignited last month a...