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Intel: US concerned over Iran, Turkey, UAE-supplied drones in Ethiopia war

Ethiopia's government has rejected calls for a cease-fire after routing Tigray rebels with the help of high-tech foreign drones.

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Ambassador and permanent representative of Ethiopia to the UN Zenebe Kebede (on screen) delivers a speech remotely during an extraordinary meeting on Ethiopia at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Dec. 17, 2021. — FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden administration has expressed increasing concern with foreign arms sales to Ethiopia amid the country’s brutal civil war, with particular focus on armed drones provided by Turkey and Iran.

The United Arab Emirates has also played a role in weapons shipments to the Ethiopian government during its war against a rebel movement in the country’s northern Tigray region.

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