Eritrean Troops Seen Withdrawing From Ethiopia’s Embattled Tigray Region

  • Pullout adds to signs that November peace deal is holding
  • Ethiopia, Tigray authorities signed peace deal last month
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Eritrean soldiers are leaving major cities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the latest sign that a peace deal aimed at ending two years of conflict is holding.

Over the past 48 hours the troops were seen withdrawing by truck from the Ethiopian city of Shire and the town of Adwa near the northern border with Eritrea, said people who asked not to be identified because they’re not authorized to comment on the matter.