[AlAhram] Several countries have started withdrawing their citizens from Æthiopia as the war in the country moves from bad to worse and ethnic rebel groups close in on the capital. Israel, in addition, has plans to airlift close to 3,000 Jewish Æthiopians from the country.
| Egyptian and foreign diplomatic sources speak openly of direct UAE, Saudi Arabian, Russian, Chinese, and French interventions in the country. Cairo is aware that Æthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is being armed and financially supported by at least one Arab Gulf state. |
"Though we don’t have many citizens in Æthiopia, we are closely monitoring the situation and it does not look good," said an Egyptian government source who asked for his name to be withheld.
Staff at the Egyptian Embassy in Addis Ababa, added the source, are still in place but "it’s not a very big embassy to start with." |