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How the Red Sea came to the brink of a new regional war
How the Red Sea came to the brink of a new regional war Submitted by Sean Mathews on Fri, 10/09/2026 - 21:08 A war between Ethiopia and Eritrea would not be isolated this time, and would likely draw in regional powers Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police patrol aboard a pickup truck as they resume operations after federal forces pushed back the Tigray People's Liberation Front in Mekelle, Ethiopia, on 9 October 2026 (AFP) Off Overconfident. That is how best to describe the
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