ADDIS ABABA -(Berberanews)-TPLF forces recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela on Sunday, less than two weeks after government and allied forces took control of the historic town, witnesses told Reuters.
Lalibela, a city recognized by the United Nations as a cultural center, is located in the Amhara Region. An eyewitness told Reuters that special forces in the Amhara region and allied militias, both allied with the Ethiopian government, had left Lalibela on Saturday night.
“The last part left this morning. We heard gunshots heard in the distance last night, but the Tigrean forces recaptured Lalibela, without firing a shot at the town,” said an eyewitness at a hotel reception in the town. told Reuters by telephone.
TPLF-affiliated forces took control of Lalibela in early August, but on December 1, Ethiopian forces and their Amhara regional allies recaptured the town.
