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Ripple effects from drone sales force Turkey to move Ethiopian embassy

Turkey was forced to relocate its Ethiopian embassy to Kenya after increasing threat out of its involvement in the country’s clashes with the Tigray rebels by supplying combat drones to Addis Ababa.

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People watch injured people arriving to the Ayder referral hospital in Mekele, on June 24, 2021, two days after a deadly airstrike on a market of Togoga in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, where a seven-month-old conflict surged again. At least 64 people were killed and 180 were injured in an air strike on a market in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region. — YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Image

Turkey has relocated its Ethiopian embassy to Kenya in the face of increasing threats over the role of Turkish drones in the clashes between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray rebels, proving the warnings about potential impacts of Ankara’s drones sale to foreign countries without setting restrictions. 

The relocation was first reported by veteran diplomatic correspondent Barcin Yinanc. While the Turkish government remains mum, a diplomatic source, speaking to Al-Monitor on condition of anonymity, confirmed the move. 

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