Egypt denies involvement in unrest in Tigray — Asharq Al-Awsat
An informed Egyptian source denied Cairo’s involvement in the new escalation in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where fighting has resumed between Tigrayan forces and the federal government. Asharq Al-Awsat reports.
Chief of the General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, said that a newly formed armed alliance, which he said seeks to destabilize the country, is receiving support from abroad. According to his version, the Tigrayan Front and this alliance would not have been able to operate without support and supplies from Sudan, Egypt and other forces. Jula also accused Eritrea of mediating between external forces and armed groups inside Ethiopia.
Cairo’s position
The Egyptian source described Ethiopia’s assumptions as unworthy of a response and said that Cairo has nothing to do with this controversy. The source called on Ethiopian authorities to focus on internal crises and problems rather than explain domestic failures through the actions of external parties.
The publication’s interlocutor stressed that the crisis in Tigray is a long-standing internal problem of Ethiopia and that Egypt, according to the source, adheres to a consistent policy of non-interference in the internal affairs of other states.
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Escalation in Tigray
According to Asharq Al-Awsat, Tigrayan forces have seized three airports in the region in recent days and carried out attacks in the neighboring Afar and Amhara regions. The outlet described this as the most serious escalation since the devastating 2020–2022 war.
Egyptian strategic and military affairs expert Samir Ragheb told the outlet that the Ethiopian military commander’s statements are assumptions intended to shift responsibility for Addis Ababa’s internal problems onto external actors. In his view, references to external support are largely connected to the fact that Tigray in the north borders Sudan and Eritrea.
Ragheb also believes that the confrontation in Tigray should be separated from the dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, as there is no operational or strategic connection between them. The 2022 Pretoria peace agreement ended the previous two-year war, but tensions and periodic clashes later resumed and intensified sharply this month.
