The Ethiopian Air Force on Sunday pounded the rebel Tigray People Liberation Front’s (TPLF) training and military command post base in western Tigray.
The airstrikes were conducted in Mai Tsebri and Adawa towns with particular target on battle network hub and training facility.
Leaders of the of the rebel group said the attacks had targeted civilians which Addis Ababa denied.
Last Friday, the Ethiopian Air Force conducted an airstrike on a former military base which used to be a training facility for a national army before the conflict broke out between Addis Ababa a year ago.
The same day, two UN aid planes licensed by the Federal Government of Ethiopia returned to Addis Ababa after being denied permission by local air traffic controllers to land in Mekelle.
As UN spokesman Stephanie Dujarric reportedly said too, the planes had been cleared by federal authorities but received instructions to abort landing by the Mekelle airport control tower.
However, some media outlets and organizations have misrepresented that the aid planes returned to Addis Ababa due to airstrikes in Mekelle.
Some of these outlets have also echoed the TPLF talking points blaming the airstrike for targeting civilians and educational institutions.
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