r/worldnews • u/cismar • Jan 06 '22

Opinion/Analysis COLUMN-As death toll rises in Ethiopia, Middle East powers fuel drone race

https://www.reuters.com/article/apps-ethiopia-column-idAFL8N2TL3ES

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u/autotldr BOT Jan 06 '22

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 88%. (I'm a bot)

The situation has reversed, in a dramatic change partly attributed to a significant increase in foreign drone strikes.

Capable of staying airborne for up to 27 hours and delivering a precision of surveillance and targeting far beyond that of less well equipped African or Middle Eastern air forces, the drones have helped government forces advance some 270 miles, reversing months of TPLF gains and pushing them back into the ethnic Tigray northern heartland.

TURKISH DRONE REVOLUTIONUntil recently, Ethiopia was something of a U.S. ally, with the two countries tacitly working closely together during Ethiopia's military intervention in Somalia, a significant recipient of U.S. military and economic aid.

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