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Ethiopia’s national army has captured three towns in the northern region of Tigray, where it has been battling regional forces on and off for two years, the government says on Tuesday.

Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force prepare to head to mission in Sanja, Amhara region, near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020.Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force prepare to head to mission in Sanja, Amhara region, near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020.where it has been battling regional forces on and off for two years, the government says on Tuesday.

Tigray forces has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands on the brink of famine“The ENDF has taken control of the towns of Shire, Alamata, and Korem without fighting in urban areas,” Ethiopia’s government information service said in a statement.Earlier, the Tigray authorities had acknowledged losing control of Shire, one of the region’s biggest towns which hosts ten of thousands of people who were displaced from other areas by the conflict.

In its statement, the government said the national army was taking “maximum care” to protect civilians from harm.

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