Ethiopia’s Tigray leader confirms firing missiles at Eritrea

leer of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has confirmed firing missiles at neighboring Eritrea’s capital, and vowed to carry out more.

confirmation marks a huge escalation as dely fighting in Ethiopia’s rrn Tigray region w spills across an international border.

"Those who attack Tigray will t just attack and return home. We will retaliate while y are here," said Debretsion Gebremichael, in a televised interview.

In a separate phone interview with Associated Press, Gebremichael would t say how many missiles were fired at city of Asmara on Saturday but said it was only city in Eritrea that was targeted.

brewing civil war in Ethiopia between a regional government that once dominated country's ruling coalition, and a bel Peace Prize-winning prime minister whose sweeping reforms marginalized Tigray region's power, could fracture a key U.S. security ally and destabilize strategic Horn of Africa, with potential to send scores of thousands of refugees into Sudan.

At least three rockets appeared to be aimed at airport in Asmara, hours after Tigray regional government warned it might attack.

It accuses Eritrea of attacking at invitation of Ethiopia’s government after conflict in Tigray region erupted on vember 4 with an attack by regional forces on a federal military base re.