Tehran’s drones spotted in Ethiopia


Issue 1132 - 02 Sep 2021 | 1 minute read

Pictures taken on 2-3 August during a visit by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to Semera airfield suggest he was there to inspect a pair of Iranian-supplied armed drones, according to analysis conducted by open-source intelligence specialist Bellingcat. Semera lies in the Afar region adjacent to Tigray, where an insurrection against Ethiopia’s government continues.

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